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AIS vessel TAMPA BAY - show graphs
Callsign: VRLQ9
MMSI number: 477250400
IMO number: 325104
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: NZ PCN
Location: 36°35.39' S 176°11.06' E - locator RF83CJ28CK - show map
31.6 miles Northeast bearing 58° from Whitianga, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, New Zealand [?]
34.8 miles Northeast bearing 32° from Tairua, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, New Zealand
76.0 miles Northeast bearing 65° from Papakura, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
77.3 miles East bearing 69° from Manukau City, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Last position: 2024-04-26 02:12:50 EDT (26d 20h5m ago)
2024-04-26 18:12:50 NZST local time at Whitianga, New Zealand [?]
Course: 288° – heading 290°
Speed: 13 MPH
Dimensions: length 170 m width 27 m draught 7.9 m
Last path: VRLQ9>ais via ZL3RUM
Positions stored: 19455
Stations near current position of TAMPA BAY - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
EASTERN HAWK4.7 miles 16°2024-04-30 02:05:46 CAPITAINE TUPAIA16.0 miles 149°2024-05-03 03:53:39
ST. AIDAN18.4 miles 160°2024-05-04 00:49:23 MER480_NS22.6 miles 245°2024-05-22 21:59:33
ZL1AAF-130.5 miles 243°2024-05-22 22:08:53 ZL1MBB32.3 miles 237°2024-05-22 22:02:02
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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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