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AIS vessel GERHARD SCHULTE - show graphs
Callsign: VRBY5
MMSI number: 477214400
IMO number: 328481
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: ANTWERP (ETA Aug06 03:00)
Location: 50°01.44' N 1°33.06' W - locator IO90FA35UR - show map
38.0 km North bearing 350° from Fermanville, Département de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France [?]
40.9 km North bearing 345° from Saint-Pierre-Église, Département de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
92.1 km South bearing 201° from Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
98.3 km South bearing 186° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-08-05 01:20:23 UTC (9h4m ago)
2025-08-05 03:20:23 CEST local time at Fermanville, France [?]
Course: 65.4° – heading 64°
Speed: 32 km/h
Dimensions: length 231 m width 32 m draught 11.8 m
Last path: VRBY5>ais via F6KFW-AIS
Positions stored: 30811
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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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