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AIS vessel NS ELI - show graphs
Callsign: V3MQ5
MMSI number: 312224000
IMO number: 8810748
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: MTMLA
Location: 37°39.70' N 15°56.07' E - locator JM77XP28DS - show map
18.6 miles South bearing 177° from Bova Marina, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy [?]
20.1 miles Southeast bearing 154° from Melito di Porto Salvo, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy
42.3 miles Southeast bearing 150° from Messina, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
47.7 miles East bearing 76° from Catania, Provincia di Catania, Sicily, Italy
Last position: 2025-02-05 06:50:35 EST (4d 18h23m ago)
2025-02-05 12:50:35 CET local time at Bova Marina, Italy [?]
Course: 217° – heading 218°
Speed: 7 MPH
Dimensions: length 82 m width 13 m draught 5.3 m
Last path: V3MQ5>ais via IW9GDC
Positions stored: 6197
Stations near current position of NS ELI - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
2473011201.8 miles 88°2025-01-23 17:55:30 AV2.3 miles 156°2025-02-09 06:20:16
CONTSHIP OAK5.2 miles 335°2025-02-05 05:39:10 MSC AMANDA F5.3 miles 257°2025-02-03 11:15:10
ITALIA II6.0 miles 20°2025-01-20 07:17:58 SYN ACRAB6.0 miles 10°2025-02-01 06:02:09
NICOLA PADRE6.4 miles 315°2025-01-28 14:25:26 2473009106.6 miles 320°2025-01-27 14:18:49
HANA H7.1 miles 158°2025-01-16 17:45:59 THERASIA M8.2 miles 35°2025-01-29 07:19:37
NACC COGIO 19.6 miles 162°2025-02-09 23:27:30 ALESSANDRO F9.9 miles 285°2025-01-29 16:36:42
OCEAN VIKING10.1 miles 182°2025-02-04 22:02:30 KOS 46.CAT 1010.3 miles 54°2025-01-27 08:15:16
METEORA10.5 miles 169°2025-02-09 13:59:21 MSC INDIA10.6 miles 338°2025-02-04 22:32:39
MSC MONTEREY V10.7 miles 48°2025-02-10 01:09:05 ALBA CHIARA10.9 miles 159°2025-01-27 17:35:03
TANIA11.3 miles 142°2025-02-08 16:06:44 SYN ANTARES11.5 miles 243°2025-02-05 23:29:46
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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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