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AIS vessel HERKULES - show graphs
Callsign: V3SM
MMSI number: 312689000
IMO number: 171979
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: CAGLIARI (ETA Dec06 15:00)
Location: 39°06.93' N 9°07.95' E - locator JM49NC57VR - show map
10.2 km South bearing 181° from Cagliari, Provincia di Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy [?]
14.7 km South bearing 198° from Quartu Sant’Elena, Provincia di Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
15.6 km South bearing 182° from Monserrato, Provincia di Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Last position: 2025-12-13 22:55:42 UTC (27d 9h14m ago)
2025-12-13 23:55:42 CET local time at Cagliari, Italy [?]
Course: 165° – heading 168°
Speed: 16 km/h
Dimensions: length 28 m width 8 m draught 4.0 m
Last path: V3SM>ais via IC8HFW
Positions stored: 2196
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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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