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AIS vessel ALTAMIRA EXPRESS - show graphs
Callsign: VRFN8
MMSI number: 477547100
IMO number: 407146
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat D (74)
Destination: MAPTM (ETA Sep12 10:00)
Location: 36°13.37' N 4°47.80' W - locator IM76OF43JL - show map
33.5 km South bearing 166° from Marbella, Provincia de Málaga, Andalusia, Spain [?]
38.7 km Southeast bearing 126° from Estepona, Provincia de Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
64.7 km Southwest bearing 211° from Málaga, Provincia de Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
103.4 km Northeast bearing 60° from Tangier, Tanger-Assilah, Tanger-Tétouan, Morocco
Last position: 2025-09-12 04:09:28 UTC (89d 7h2m ago)
2025-09-12 06:09:28 CEST local time at Marbella, Spain [?]
Course: 219° – heading 212°
Speed: 4 km/h
Dimensions: length 294 m width 32 m draught 11.9 m
Last path: VRFN8>ais via EA7AZH
Positions stored: 45295
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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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