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AIS vessel MED CASTOR - show graphs
Callsign: IOCQ2
MMSI number: 247425400
IMO number: 9890147
Navigational status: At anchor (1)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: GIOIA TAURO
Location: 38°26.76' N 15°53.97' E - locator JM78WK77WB - show map
1.5 miles North bearing 1° from Gioia Tauro, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy [?]
4.0 miles Northwest bearing 308° from Rizziconi, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy
25.8 miles Northeast bearing 47° from Messina, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
78.8 miles Northeast bearing 34° from Catania, Provincia di Catania, Sicily, Italy
Last position: 2024-12-15 22:49:28 EST (3m29s ago)
2024-12-16 04:49:28 CET local time at Gioia Tauro, Italy [?]
Course: 339.9° – heading 204°
Speed: 4 MPH
Dimensions: length 28 m width 13 m draught 5.2 m
Last path: IOCQ2>ais via IW9GDC
Positions stored: 46758
Stations near current position of MED CASTOR - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
MED POLLUX49.0 yards 35°2024-12-15 22:52:29 MSC RAVENNA123.9 yards 181°2024-12-15 22:51:28
GIOIA STAR352.1 yards 193°2024-12-15 22:51:28 MOLIVA389.5 yards 48°2024-12-15 22:49:28
970021491494.5 yards 40°2024-12-10 06:27:57 SAN ROCCO0.4 miles 107°2024-12-15 22:52:29
VF R150.4 miles 98°2024-12-05 04:00:39 MARCANTONIO IV0.4 miles 108°2024-12-13 04:45:45
VF M040.4 miles 100°2024-11-26 08:17:29 MSC MIA0.4 miles 34°2024-12-15 21:50:01
MSC GIANNA III0.9 miles 26°2024-12-15 21:29:56 CONTSHIP JOY1.0 miles 25°2024-12-15 22:50:28
BASILIO1.1 miles 189°2024-12-03 02:44:07 IW8RVX-11.1 miles 190°2024-12-14 03:17:19
MEDMA1.3 miles 19°2024-12-14 11:40:57 ERANOVA1.3 miles 19°2024-12-12 08:27:36
STELLA DI LIPARI1.4 miles 20°2024-12-15 16:24:53 IZ8IZJ C1.8 miles 188°2024-12-15 22:51:43
IZ8IZJ-C1.8 miles 188°2024-12-15 22:51:53 MSC DRAGON1.9 miles 28°2024-12-15 22:28:22
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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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