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AIS vessel BELFOREST - show graphs
Callsign: LAQK8
MMSI number: 259135000
IMO number: 698185
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: ES LPA>GB BEL (ETA Mar10 08:00)
Location: 54°29.60' N 5°17.11' W - locator IO74IL58SJ - show map
10.9 km East bearing 69° from Portavogie, N Ireland, United Kingdom [?]
14.0 km Southeast bearing 113° from Ballywalter, N Ireland, United Kingdom
43.0 km East bearing 103° from Belfast, City of Belfast, N Ireland, United Kingdom
48.5 km East bearing 94° from Lisburn, Lisburn District, N Ireland, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-03-10 06:30:04 UTC (1d 12h26m ago)
2025-03-10 06:30:04 GMT local time at Portavogie, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 9° – heading 7°
Speed: 18 km/h
Dimensions: length 200 m width 32 m draught 10.7 m
Last path: LAQK8>ais via GD4RVQ
Positions stored: 9813
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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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