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AIS vessel SVITZER EUREKA - show graphs
Callsign: VZSM
MMSI number: 503049120
IMO number: 914151
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: MELBOURNE (ETA Dec13 13:00)
Location: 37°48.83' S 144°54.81' E - locator QF22KE94PP - show map
3.3 km West bearing 248° from North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [?]
4.4 km West bearing 270° from Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
6.3 km East bearing 68° from Altona North, Hobsons Bay, Victoria, Australia
61.0 km Northeast bearing 53° from Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Last position: 2025-03-02 08:49:28 UTC (7d 8h50m ago)
2025-03-02 19:49:28 AEDT local time at North Melbourne, Australia [?]
Course: 348°
Speed: 2 km/h
Dimensions: length 24 m width 12 m draught 5.6 m
Last path: VZSM>ais via PALASKAS-AIS
Positions stored: 261630
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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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