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AIS vessel ARKLOW VIKING - show graphs
Callsign: PCTZ
MMSI number: 244150648
IMO number: 772606
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: GBBEL
Location: 51°21.00' N 3°19.39' W - locator IO81II13FX - show map
4.8 km Southeast bearing 153° from Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom [?]
7.3 km Southwest bearing 211° from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
17.5 km Southwest bearing 215° from Cardiff, City and County of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
51.7 km West bearing 257° from Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-07-18 00:57:46 UTC (2d 23h30m ago)
2025-07-18 01:57:46 BST local time at Rhoose, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 266° – heading 264°
Speed: 21 km/h
Dimensions: length 87 m width 15 m draught 6.2 m
Last path: PCTZ>ais via g4bwr
Positions stored: 50944
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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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