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AIS vessel TROPIC MIST - show graphs
Callsign: J8NZ
MMSI number: 377908000
IMO number: 204183
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: USPAB (ETA Apr18 18:00)
Location: 26°04.75' N 79°58.39' W - locator FL06AB38FX - show map
10.9 miles Southeast bearing 136° from Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Broward County, Florida, United States [?]
11.0 miles East bearing 106° from Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, United States
24.3 miles Northeast bearing 51° from Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
25.1 miles Northeast bearing 33° from Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Last position: 2024-06-08 23:26:36 EDT (6d 15h13m ago)
2024-06-08 23:26:36 EDT local time at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, United States [?]
Course: 356° – heading 335°
Speed: 17 MPH
Dimensions: length 90 m width 17 m draught 4.9 m
Last path: J8NZ>ais via KN4CV
Positions stored: 9868
Stations near current position of TROPIC MIST - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
MFLSMWV4A0.8 miles 214°2024-06-12 15:02:05 LADY JJ0.9 miles 220°2024-06-15 09:29:19
PATRIOT1.2 miles 56°2024-06-05 03:01:39 PELAGIC EXPRESS1.3 miles 246°2024-06-14 22:25:51
NOAA NANCY FOSTER1.3 miles 62°2024-05-27 16:36:07 ALTA1.4 miles 14°2024-05-25 13:42:14
HOS WARLAND1.6 miles 130°2024-05-22 10:32:36 MSC NEW HAVEN1.6 miles 170°2024-06-08 00:07:29
LILA HAREN1.8 miles 192°2024-06-15 00:08:04 BRIANNA1.9 miles 253°2024-05-24 07:15:38
MINCHAH2.1 miles 200°2024-06-13 15:30:39 BBC PERU2.1 miles 8°2024-05-28 23:03:11
OCEAN EXPRESS2.3 miles 332°2024-06-13 00:02:35 CAPE EXPRESS2.3 miles 259°2024-06-13 21:07:28
BSG BAHAMAS2.4 miles 141°2024-06-13 18:19:01 SONICIAN2.4 miles 308°2024-05-27 06:56:49
COFINA2.5 miles 297°2024-05-28 18:22:33 CELEBRITY REFLECTION2.5 miles 50°2024-06-14 16:35:04
FURLOUGHED2.7 miles 250°2024-06-15 09:50:22 MSC SHIRLEY2.7 miles 249°2024-05-26 01:42:55
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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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