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AIS vessel MV TROPICAL STAR - show graphs
Callsign: C6FR8
MMSI number: 311087000
IMO number: 408894
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: PACTB
Location: 50°01.07' N 2°47.96' W - locator IO80OA44BG - show map
54.7 km Northwest bearing 308° from Alderney, England, United Kingdom [?]
62.4 km Southwest bearing 204° from Easton, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
103.4 km East bearing 112° from Plymouth, City of Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
139.4 km Southwest bearing 226° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-02-27 13:59:35 UTC (19h2m ago)
2025-02-27 13:59:35 GMT local time at Alderney, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 249.699997° – heading 250°
Speed: 36 km/h
Dimensions: length 149 m width 22 m draught 6.1 m
Last path: C6FR8>ais via rikgale
Positions stored: 25381
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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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