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Callsign: VRFI5
MMSI number: 477547200
IMO number: 387918
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (89)
Destination: BRITQ (ETA Feb03 12:00)
Location: 50°16.36' N 1°22.43' W - locator IO90HG55DK - show map
35.5 km South bearing 190° from Niton, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom [?]
36.1 km South bearing 186° from Chale, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
61.8 km South bearing 199° from Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
70.2 km South bearing 178° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-01-21 06:06:21 UTC (51d 2h13m ago)
2025-01-21 06:06:21 GMT local time at Niton, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 257° – heading 256°
Speed: 30 km/h
Dimensions: length 183 m width 32 m draught 10.3 m
Last path: VRFI5>ais via G7RUH
Positions stored: 16623
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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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