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AIS vessel CHEMSTAR SAPPHIRE - show graphs
Callsign: V7A2609
MMSI number: 538008644
IMO number: 804904
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: CN JIA
Location: 48°31.22' N 124°49.55' W - locator CN78OM04VU - show map
65.9 km Southwest bearing 239° from Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada [?]
70.3 km Southeast bearing 130° from Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada
96.9 km Southwest bearing 223° from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
107.7 km West bearing 276° from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Last position: 2025-11-12 00:02:31 UTC (8d 11h5m ago)
2025-11-11 16:02:31 PST local time at Lake Cowichan, Canada [?]
Course: 274° – heading 278°
Speed: 19 km/h
Dimensions: length 146 m width 24 m draught 9.8 m
Last path: V7A2609>ais via VE7KA
Positions stored: 18447
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This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.
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