Callsign:	VRTZ8
MMSI number:	477706800
IMO number:	734111
Navigational status:	At anchor (1)
Vessel class:	Tanker (80)
Destination:	US CRP (ETA May12 15:00)
Location:	27°24.95' N 96°36.01' W - locator EL17QJ79XT - show map 40.3 miles Southeast bearing 136° from Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas, United States [?] 47.9 miles Southeast bearing 135° from Aransas Pass, San Patricio County, Texas, United States 54.5 miles Southeast bearing 126° from Portland, San Patricio County, Texas, United States 55.5 miles Southeast bearing 118° from Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, United States
Last position:	2024-05-16 10:15:23 EDT (7d 14h6m ago) 2024-05-16 09:15:23 CDT local time at Port Aransas, United States [?]
Course:	170° – heading 191°
Speed:	0 MPH
Dimensions:	length 336 m width 60 m draught 11.3 m
Last path:	VRTZ8>ais via N5JLR
Positions stored:	890

callsign		distance	last heard - EDT		callsign		distance	last heard - EDT
GHAT		5.2 miles 281°	2024-05-23 23:33:24		EAGLE SAN ANTONIO		6.6 miles 25°	2024-05-20 17:02:10
ARC INDEPENDENCE		8.0 miles 44°	2024-05-15 16:39:50		NISSOS CHRISTIANA		9.6 miles 19°	2024-05-15 16:20:45
CRPSMWX1A		10.6 miles 215°	2024-05-13 22:02:55		MARIB SPIRIT		11.2 miles 57°	2024-05-23 09:29:50
WOODSIDE REES WITHER		12.0 miles 74°	2024-05-19 13:15:21		GLOBAL HOPE		12.6 miles 351°	2024-05-23 19:38:51
CASTRO ALVES		13.3 miles 343°	2024-05-23 20:34:57		CAP PEMBROKE		16.6 miles 83°	2024-05-21 20:11:00
SEAWAYS LUZON		17.3 miles 350°	2024-05-23 23:54:27		ENERGY ARIADNE		21.5 miles 92°	2024-05-15 16:13:45
ALPINE LIBERTY		22.4 miles 325°	2024-05-21 01:18:28		MARAN HELIOS		23.7 miles 42°	2024-05-23 23:44:25
FIDA		23.8 miles 324°	2024-05-16 20:49:54		OVERSEAS CHINOOK		28.7 miles 66°	2024-05-21 00:52:27
CAP PORT ARTHUR		31.9 miles 112°	2024-05-15 15:07:37		CRPMWSX1A		32.3 miles 119°	2024-05-13 22:02:55
CAPT T T II		32.5 miles 289°	2024-05-15 16:13:45		HELLESPONT PROMISE		32.9 miles 69°	2024-05-23 21:21:03

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.