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AIS vessel WILSON HERON - show graphs
Callsign: 8PBB8
MMSI number: 314551000
IMO number: 116022
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: FRRCO
Location: 50°59.58' N 1°18.46' E - locator JO00PX68WH - show map
13.3 km Southeast bearing 139° from Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom [?]
16.8 km Southeast bearing 142° from Hawkinge, Kent, England, United Kingdom
113.2 km Southeast bearing 120° from City of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
115.0 km Southeast bearing 119° from London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-02-23 09:06:04 UTC (5d 25m ago)
2025-02-23 09:06:04 GMT local time at Folkestone, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 230° – heading 228°
Speed: 17 km/h
Dimensions: length 92 m width 14 m draught 6.1 m
Last path: 8PBB8>ais via G8WLY
Positions stored: 34093
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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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