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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°27.73' N 15°54.39' E - locator JM78WL80SW - show map
1.8 miles Southwest bearing 203° from San Ferdinando, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy [?]
2.7 miles North bearing 9° from Gioia Tauro, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy
26.8 miles Northeast bearing 46° from Messina, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
79.9 miles Northeast bearing 34° from Catania, Provincia di Catania, Sicily, Italy
Last position: 2025-01-26 04:24:03 EST (20m26s ago)
2025-01-26 10:24:03 CET local time at San Ferdinando, Italy [?]
Course: 203° – heading 24°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 28 m width 13 m draught 5.2 m
Last path: IOCQ2>ais via IW9GDC
Positions stored: 50238
Stations near current position of MED CASTOR - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
MED POLLUX39.6 yards 19°2025-01-26 04:30:06 GIOIA STAR93.3 yards 21°2025-01-26 04:40:10
MEDMA154.2 yards 26°2025-01-26 02:41:26 ERANOVA158.4 yards 23°2025-01-23 08:58:11
STELLA DI LIPARI387.5 yards 26°2025-01-26 04:41:10 MSC DRAGON0.5 miles 27°2025-01-26 03:24:41
MSC MARGARITA0.5 miles 47°2025-01-26 04:08:57 MSC SIXIN0.6 miles 190°2025-01-26 04:14:59
JOLLY EXPRESS0.8 miles 43°2025-01-26 04:08:57 MAYAR1.0 miles 40°2025-01-26 01:56:09
VF R151.2 miles 180°2025-01-10 14:35:07 VF M041.2 miles 180°2025-01-09 04:42:19
MARCANTONIO IV1.2 miles 181°2025-01-24 05:07:24 NUOVO SANT ANTONIO1.3 miles 180°2025-01-26 03:37:46
SAN ROCCO1.3 miles 190°2025-01-24 11:11:41 IW8RVX-12.2 miles 195°2025-01-12 04:03:20
IZ8IZJ C3.0 miles 192°2025-01-26 04:37:59 IZ8IZJ-C3.0 miles 192°2025-01-26 04:38:09
MSC SHEILA F3.7 miles 240°2025-01-26 04:41:10 MSC POLARIS4.4 miles 255°2025-01-26 04:44:12
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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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