Callsign:	VRTA3
MMSI number:	477410300
IMO number:	262584
Navigational status:	Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class:	Tanker (80)
Destination:	MALTA (ETA Feb20 18:00)
Location:	50°00.56' N 2°46.01' W - locator IO80OA72XG - show map 52.3 km Northwest bearing 309° from Alderney, England, United Kingdom [?] 62.4 km South bearing 201° from Easton, Dorset, England, United Kingdom 105.9 km East bearing 112° from Plymouth, City of Plymouth, England, United Kingdom 138.5 km Southwest bearing 225° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Last position:	2025-02-12 10:17:21 UTC (8h9m ago) 2025-02-12 10:17:21 GMT local time at Alderney, United Kingdom [?]
Course:	257° – heading 254°
Speed:	22 km/h
Dimensions:	length 159 m width 25 m draught 10.9 m
Last path:	VRTA3>ais via rikgale
Positions stored:	1074

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.