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Callsign: V7JG9
MMSI number: 538007390
IMO number: 780251
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: GIGIB FOR ORDERS (ETA May05 13:00)
Location: 50°19.23' N 1°03.80' W - locator IO90LH26JV - show map
32.1 km South bearing 162° from Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom [?]
33.5 km Southeast bearing 152° from Niton, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
53.2 km South bearing 178° from Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
69.2 km South bearing 160° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-06-21 12:47:45 UTC (29d 23h4m ago)
2025-06-21 13:47:45 BST local time at Ventnor, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 256° – heading 254°
Speed: 22 km/h
Dimensions: length 251 m width 44 m draught 8.2 m
Last path: V7JG9>ais via G7RUH
Positions stored: 28230
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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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