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AIS vessel CAPTAIN SAM - show graphs
Callsign: WDG8563
MMSI number: 367578830
IMO number: 984587
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Towing (31)
Destination: PORT__ISABBLE__TX (ETA Nov24 22:30)
Location: 26°03.87' N 97°10.17' W - locator EL16JB95PL - show map
4.0 km East bearing 104° from Port Isabel, Cameron County, Texas, United States [?]
4.4 km South bearing 186° from South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, United States
38.7 km Northeast bearing 59° from Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
111.2 km East bearing 91° from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Last position: 2025-12-03 14:38:48 UTC (3d 5h12m ago)
2025-12-03 08:38:48 CST local time at Port Isabel, United States [?]
Course: 56° – heading 511°
Speed: 6 km/h
Dimensions: length 22 m width 8 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: WDG8563>ais via N5JLR
Positions stored: 2899
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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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