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AIS vessel METSOVO - show graphs
Callsign: 8PLX
MMSI number: 314033000
IMO number: 708942
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: BR PNG (ETA May13 01:00)
Location: 27°45.81' S 47°39.91' W - locator GG62EF06ES - show map
50.2 miles East bearing 100° from Rio Tavares, Santa Catarina, Brazil [?]
50.2 miles East bearing 103° from Lagoa, Santa Catarina, Brazil
55.3 miles East bearing 102° from Florianópolis, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
85.0 miles Southeast bearing 134° from Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Last position: 2024-05-23 16:37:10 EDT (10d 10h29m ago)
2024-05-23 17:37:10 -03 local time at Rio Tavares, Brazil [?]
Course: 186° – heading 184°
Speed: 13 MPH
Dimensions: length 190 m width 32 m draught 6.8 m
Last path: 8PLX>ais via PU5FJO
Positions stored: 10419
Stations near current position of METSOVO - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
MSC BRASILIA VII6.6 miles 283°2024-06-02 21:18:45 NORD DRACO9.8 miles 269°2024-05-08 23:03:13
V032052710.8 miles 275°2024-05-06 08:53:09 U524091510.9 miles 209°2024-05-05 08:31:11
V032049011.8 miles 256°2024-05-08 08:21:16 V352014914.0 miles 279°2024-05-26 20:08:51
V352011015.2 miles 248°2024-05-19 08:06:59 V352026116.9 miles 253°2024-05-19 20:30:30
U525128517.1 miles 268°2024-05-07 20:38:06 V352028417.3 miles 255°2024-05-16 20:06:18
V303049817.6 miles 282°2024-06-01 08:22:27 V352015618.3 miles 306°2024-05-30 08:24:59
V322045118.5 miles 278°2024-05-12 20:03:46 V352014718.6 miles 292°2024-05-28 20:07:19
V352011418.7 miles 266°2024-05-18 08:03:37 V303066618.9 miles 277°2024-05-13 20:02:23
V352026319.3 miles 268°2024-05-17 20:03:29 V352010619.3 miles 292°2024-05-20 20:07:38
V322045219.6 miles 306°2024-05-11 20:09:26 V352026020.6 miles 279°2024-05-20 08:05:12
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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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