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AIS vessel FEDERAL SHIMANTO - show graphs
Callsign: V7VZ2
MMSI number: 538004244
IMO number: 218404
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: USDLH (ETA Nov08 01:00)
Location: 47°24.07' N 89°02.24' W - locator EN57LJ56MG - show map
46.0 km Northwest bearing 312° from Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, United States [?]
47.0 km Northwest bearing 311° from Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, United States
112.9 km South bearing 169° from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Last position: 2025-11-08 00:18:59 UTC (7d 15h31m ago)
2025-11-07 19:18:59 EST local time at Hancock, United States [?]
Course: 255° – heading 258°
Speed: 21 km/h
Dimensions: length 190 m width 23 m draught 6.4 m
Last path: V7VZ2>ais via IC8HFW
Positions stored: 70844
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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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