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AIS vessel QUEST - show graphs
Callsign: A8YX8
MMSI number: 636015149
IMO number: 530943
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: (0)
Destination: BEANT
Location: 51°08.16' N 1°49.70' E - locator JO01VD92JP - show map
12.3 miles North bearing 355° from Calais, Département du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France [?]
13.5 miles North bearing 14° from Sangatte, Département du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
63.9 miles Northwest bearing 303° from Lille, Département du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
75.5 miles East bearing 106° from Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-02-01 12:47:46 EST (6d 13h16m ago)
2025-02-01 18:47:46 CET local time at Calais, France [?]
Course: 54° – heading 55°
Speed: 14 MPH
Dimensions: length 186 m width 28 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: A8YX8>ais via G8WLY
Positions stored: 15390
Stations near current position of QUEST - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
PORTO KAGIO0.3 miles 60°2025-02-04 02:01:23 GRANDIS0.7 miles 32°2025-02-03 16:44:16
MH PERSEUS0.8 miles 334°2025-02-07 17:21:22 LORELAY0.8 miles 22°2025-01-23 12:57:50
VIRGO STELLAR0.8 miles 30°2025-02-05 03:39:05 XIN LONG YUN 660.9 miles 35°2025-01-23 08:40:08
VENTURA0.9 miles 34°2025-02-07 22:40:51 ELBTRADER0.9 miles 311°2025-02-07 06:21:22
ALLIANCE0.9 miles 325°2025-02-07 05:40:22 BULKER BEE 100.9 miles 324°2025-01-18 12:19:55
PACIFIC ACTIVITY0.9 miles 78°2025-01-21 22:40:01 MOANA INFINITY1.0 miles 307°2025-02-08 01:42:08
BIXBITE1.1 miles 277°2025-02-07 14:16:21 ROERBORG1.1 miles 46°2025-02-07 01:23:02
PRIMORYE1.2 miles 278°2025-02-06 09:33:20 COOL EXPRESS1.4 miles 277°2025-02-06 01:34:10
AL DASMA1.5 miles 276°2025-02-07 18:17:14 POTOMAC EXPRESS1.5 miles 355°2025-02-04 11:44:42
ELBFEEDER1.5 miles 187°2025-02-07 06:08:22 BOCHEM BUCEPHALAS1.6 miles 61°2025-02-02 20:24:33
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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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