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AIS vessel CHEM SILICON - show graphs
Callsign: D5TK8
MMSI number: 636019204
IMO number: 829681
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: (0)
Destination: USHOU
Location: 29°22.53' N 94°51.45' W - locator EL29NJ70CC - show map
9.6 km Northeast bearing 55° from Bayou Vista, Galveston County, Texas, United States [?]
10.1 km Northwest bearing 325° from Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, United States
48.8 km Southeast bearing 136° from Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, United States
65.2 km Southeast bearing 131° from Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States
Last position: 2025-02-26 09:48:26 UTC (7d 18h5m ago)
2025-02-26 03:48:26 CST local time at Bayou Vista, United States [?]
Course: 105° – heading 105°
Speed: 17 km/h
Dimensions: length 146 m width 24 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: D5TK8>ais via N5JLR
Positions stored: 13893
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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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