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AIS vessel NS SPIRIT - show graphs
Callsign: V3PA8
MMSI number: 312122000
IMO number: 88263
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: AL ROM
Location: 37°51.37' N 16°04.20' E - locator JM87AU85JL - show map
12.2 km South bearing 193° from Brancaleone, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy [?]
14.3 km Southeast bearing 149° from Palizzi, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy
59.0 km Southeast bearing 129° from Messina, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
95.0 km Northeast bearing 65° from Catania, Provincia di Catania, Sicily, Italy
Last position: 2025-11-02 16:00:04 UTC (15h40m ago)
2025-11-02 17:00:04 CET local time at Brancaleone, Italy [?]
Course: 91.200005° – heading 89°
Speed: 15 km/h
Dimensions: length 90 m width 13 m draught 6.0 m
Last path: V3PA8>ais via IW9GDC
Positions stored: 3048
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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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