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AIS vessel APL MERLION - show graphs
Callsign: S6NV
MMSI number: 563231000
IMO number: 632014
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: NLRTM
Location: 50°21.46' N 0°05.60' W - locator IO90WI85TT - show map
48.0 km South bearing 197° from Seaford, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom [?]
52.9 km Southwest bearing 210° from Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
110.6 km Southeast bearing 123° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
121.6 km South bearing 188° from Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-08-15 23:31:51 UTC (4m27s ago)
2025-08-16 00:31:51 BST local time at Seaford, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 80.599998° – heading 80°
Speed: 37 km/h
Dimensions: length 398 m width 51 m draught 11.1 m
Last path: S6NV>ais via G7RUH
Positions stored: 58822
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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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