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AIS vessel SC POTOMAC - show graphs
Callsign: 5LAC3
MMSI number: 636020662
IMO number: 9236274
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: FRFOS
Location: 38°48.29' N 14°59.81' E - locator JM78LT93OE - show map
18.0 miles Northeast bearing 29° from Malfa, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy [?]
18.1 miles North bearing 22° from Santa Marina Salina, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
51.7 miles Northwest bearing 325° from Messina, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
59.9 miles Northwest bearing 323° from Reggio di Calabria, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy
Last position: 2025-02-03 06:20:11 EST (4d 18h15m ago)
2025-02-03 12:20:11 CET local time at Malfa, Italy [?]
Course: 303° – heading 300°
Speed: 16 MPH
Dimensions: length 149 m width 23 m draught 7.5 m
Last path: 5LAC3>ais via IW9GDC
Positions stored: 1369
Stations near current position of SC POTOMAC - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
GALATA SEAWAYS0.8 miles 83°2025-02-05 06:43:32 MISTRAL2.5 miles 31°2025-02-06 15:32:21
NEPTUNE PHOS5.4 miles 308°2025-02-06 15:30:21 ERK IZMIR5.8 miles 337°2025-02-02 14:46:30
SERENA M7.8 miles 120°2025-02-05 03:49:32 CHIPOLBROK STAR9.8 miles 331°2025-02-01 12:01:40
GULF WEST10.2 miles 116°2025-02-05 21:51:14 GRANDE CAMEROON10.5 miles 292°2025-02-07 22:53:52
NEPTUNE HELLAS10.6 miles 311°2025-02-07 06:49:38 ASSOS SEAWAYS11.5 miles 131°2025-02-07 22:09:39
FADIQ12.0 miles 238°2025-02-06 20:51:05 MIRA AKAY14.3 miles 174°2025-02-05 08:14:04
NIVIN15.7 miles 125°2025-02-06 21:49:22 SEAVEN VOYAGER15.9 miles 126°2025-02-06 02:48:59
MANISA SILVANA16.2 miles 164°2025-01-23 23:23:15 SEMSA16.7 miles 218°2025-01-25 16:39:56
DANICA VIOLET17.3 miles 124°2025-02-07 14:57:29 IEVOLI SPRINT18.3 miles 199°2025-02-07 05:50:15
CAROLINE THERESA19.1 miles 121°2025-02-07 10:34:57 ATTILIO IEVOLI JR19.7 miles 172°2025-02-07 01:34:41
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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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