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AIS vessel CHIEFTAIN - show graphs
Callsign: MQBU9
MMSI number: 235052285
IMO number: 510498
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Passenger (60)
Location: 55°57.73' N 4°48.77' W - locator IO75OX20KW - show map
318.4 m East bearing 78° from Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom [?]
3.6 km Northwest bearing 295° from Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
36.2 km West bearing 288° from Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
100.6 km West bearing 271° from Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-02-06 18:44:41 UTC (12d 1h30m ago)
2025-02-06 18:44:41 GMT local time at Gourock, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 189° – heading 511°
Speed: 17 km/h
Dimensions: length 21 m width 6 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: MQBU9>ais via MM7BVP
Positions stored: 111005
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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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