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AIS vessel JOYCE L VANENKEVORT - show graphs
Callsign: WDB9821
MMSI number: 366983440
IMO number: 973033
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: MELDRUM
Location: 42°12.17' N 87°17.14' W - locator EN62IE58RP - show map
37.9 km Northeast bearing 62° from Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States [?]
37.9 km East bearing 70° from Kenilworth, Cook County, Illinois, United States
49.4 km Northeast bearing 37° from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
105.9 km Southeast bearing 151° from Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Last position: 2025-10-14 21:17:56 UTC (6d 20h39m ago)
2025-10-14 16:17:56 CDT local time at Evanston, United States [?]
Course: 16° – heading 13°
Speed: 22 km/h
Dimensions: length 257 m width 23 m draught 8.3 m
Last path: WDB9821>ais via Snhnry
Positions stored: 162713
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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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