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AIS vessel NORTHERN VENTURE - show graphs
Callsign: VDAK
MMSI number: 316052496
IMO number: 167681
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: SARNIA LAFARGE (ETA Aug02 10:00)
Location: 42°57.27' N 82°25.43' W - locator EN82SW99DB - show map
1.8 km South bearing 177° from Port Huron, Saint Clair County, Michigan, United States [?]
3.1 km Southwest bearing 211° from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
85.9 km Northeast bearing 36° from Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
96.9 km West bearing 269° from London, Ontario, Canada
Last position: 2025-08-02 13:07:30 UTC (3d 12h16m ago)
2025-08-02 09:07:30 EDT local time at Port Huron, United States [?]
Course: 305° – heading 39°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 155 m width 22 m draught 7.9 m
Last path: VDAK>ais via AIS-CK
Positions stored: 34730
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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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