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Callsign: MRSS9
MMSI number: 235002660
IMO number: 8217908
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (81)
Destination: SINGAPORE (ETA 20110208040000)
Location: 38°40.20' N 78°36.60' W - locator FM08QQ60TT - show map - static map
3.6 miles Northeast bearing 65° from New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States [?]
5.5 miles South bearing 162° from Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States
64.7 miles West bearing 260° from Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
70.1 miles West bearing 272° from Dale City, Prince William County, Virginia, United States
Last position: 2011-09-03 10:12:15 UTC (164d 1h57m ago)
2011-09-03 06:12:15 EDT local time at New Market, United States [?]
Course: 74° – heading 32°
Speed: 28 MPH
Dimensions: length 153 m width 25 m draught 6.4 m
Last path: MRSS9>ais via 1,MarineTraffic
Positions stored: 4532
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K4DPF-1011.2 miles 133°2012-02-14 12:08:09 K4DPF11.2 miles 133°2012-02-14 12:08:09
DW341411.2 miles 184°2012-02-14 12:05:29 DW316712.5 miles 215°2012-02-14 12:06:59
DW536713.2 miles 146°2012-02-14 12:07:54 WX4C-914.1 miles 217°2012-01-19 16:00:29
WX4C14.1 miles 217°2012-02-14 12:08:03 KB6VAA14.5 miles 17°2012-02-04 20:21:19
N4DSL-317.0 miles 203°2012-02-14 12:08:34 K4QS-717.7 miles 118°2012-01-25 18:34:07
DW676818.5 miles 233°2012-02-14 11:59:58 CW528619.0 miles 15°2012-02-14 12:06:17
DW756719.9 miles 188°2012-02-14 12:04:17 WD4VA-920.5 miles 223°2012-02-03 22:33:24
K4RMY21.4 miles 216°2012-02-10 21:36:27 DW768522.0 miles 334°2012-02-14 12:01:07
DW941223.1 miles 50°2012-02-14 11:55:49 CW714625.4 miles 226°2012-02-14 11:45:34
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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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