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AIS vessel SC POTOMAC - show graphs
Callsign: 5LAC3
MMSI number: 636020662
IMO number: 9236274
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: FRFOS
Location: 38°48.43' N 14°59.09' E - locator JM78LT83ER - show map
28.8 km Northeast bearing 27° from Malfa, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy [?]
29.1 km North bearing 20° from Santa Marina Salina, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
84.1 km Northwest bearing 324° from Messina, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
97.3 km Northwest bearing 323° from Reggio di Calabria, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy
Last position: 2025-03-06 09:50:26 UTC (5d 6h59m ago)
2025-03-06 10:50:26 CET local time at Malfa, Italy [?]
Course: 302° – heading 302°
Speed: 26 km/h
Dimensions: length 149 m width 23 m draught 7.5 m
Last path: 5LAC3>ais via IW9GDC
Positions stored: 2237
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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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