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AIS vessel BALSA 96 - show graphs
Callsign: 3FBT
MMSI number: 357357000
IMO number: 800879
Navigational status: At anchor (1)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: USGLS (ETA Feb23 19:00)
Location: 29°18.71' N 94°34.68' W - locator EL29RH04PU - show map
18.5 km South bearing 179° from Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston County, Texas, United States [?]
21.3 km East bearing 87° from Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, United States
74.2 km Southeast bearing 124° from Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, United States
91.0 km Southeast bearing 123° from Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States
Last position: 2025-02-26 07:38:07 UTC (7d 20h36m ago)
2025-02-26 01:38:07 CST local time at Bolivar Peninsula, United States [?]
Course: 154° – heading 114°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 106 m width 19 m draught 4.8 m
Last path: 3FBT>ais via N5JLR
Positions stored: 6265
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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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