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AIS vessel CHIEFTAIN III - show graphs
Callsign:
MMSI number: 316026226
IMO number: 320258
Navigational status: Reserved (11)
Vessel class: Towing (31)
Location: 49°45.65' N 124°23.09' W - locator CN79TS32TO - show map
9.1 miles Southeast bearing 132° from Powell River, British Columbia, Canada [?]
27.7 miles East bearing 79° from Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
66.8 miles Northwest bearing 302° from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
83.4 miles Northwest bearing 303° from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Last position: 2025-01-20 21:15:13 EST (11d 3h58m ago)
2025-01-20 18:15:13 PST local time at Powell River, Canada [?]
Course: 269° – heading 511°
Speed: 12 MPH
Dimensions: length 17 m width 6 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: >ais via VE7KA
Positions stored: 223455
Stations near current position of CHIEFTAIN III - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
JERVIS TITAN448.6 yards 222°2025-01-31 17:45:10 VA7ZWR-101.1 miles 24°2025-02-01 00:37:37
SEA WARRIOR1.7 miles 219°2025-01-24 05:15:41 JERVIS COMMANDER2.4 miles 127°2025-01-29 02:39:25
JERVIS PIPER3.7 miles 100°2025-01-21 00:57:23 JERVIS REBEL3.9 miles 102°2025-01-21 00:59:00
CCG TEXADA AIS4.9 miles 209°2025-01-31 22:42:57 VE7TXD-105.8 miles 214°2025-02-01 00:39:37
INLET TRANSPORTER II6.1 miles 101°2025-01-25 16:11:17 CAPE CAUTION6.3 miles 100°2025-01-23 16:11:03
VA7UQ-46.7 miles 299°2025-01-15 13:48:09 VE7GGZ-107.7 miles 295°2025-02-01 00:39:08
VE7NZN-108.6 miles 315°2025-01-26 18:24:17 OCEAN GORDON8.7 miles 239°2025-02-01 01:13:45
JERVIS CHIEF8.9 miles 102°2025-01-29 12:30:53 JERVIS SURVIVOR9.0 miles 102°2025-02-01 01:10:32
JOSE NARVAEZ9.2 miles 240°2025-02-01 00:19:32 REGENT9.2 miles 102°2025-02-01 01:10:00
SQUAMISH WARRIOR9.7 miles 104°2025-01-09 10:35:41 VE7/PR00310.4 miles 327°2025-01-30 19:08:52
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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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