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AIS vessel SC MEDFORD - show graphs
Callsign: 5LAC8
MMSI number: 636020667
IMO number: 275103
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: GRPIR
Location: 36°17.87' N 15°08.52' E - locator JM76NH71AL - show map
26.6 miles South bearing 179° from Portopalo di Capo Passero (Portopalo), Provincia di Siracusa, Sicily, Italy [?]
29.2 miles South bearing 174° from Pachino, Provincia di Siracusa, Sicily, Italy
54.8 miles South bearing 188° from Siracusa, Provincia di Siracusa, Sicily, Italy
73.9 miles Southeast bearing 137° from Gela, Provincia di Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy
Last position: 2024-06-01 08:20:32 EDT (1d 19h22m ago)
2024-06-01 14:20:32 CEST local time at Portopalo di Capo Passero, Italy [?]
Course: 333° – heading 36°
Speed: 1 MPH
Dimensions: length 218 m width 24 m draught 7.3 m
Last path: 5LAC8>ais via ir9zxa
Positions stored: 8883
Stations near current position of SC MEDFORD - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
BALTIMORE STAR11.0 miles 221°2024-06-02 23:18:12 SARIKA NAREE17.6 miles 206°2024-06-02 23:18:12
GAZ VICTORY18.6 miles 153°2024-06-01 20:18:44 EUROCARGO CATANIA19.6 miles 252°2024-06-02 23:47:25
PANDA23.6 miles 213°2024-06-03 03:37:43 BEAST24.5 miles 216°2024-06-03 03:39:48
CHIPOLBROK SUN24.8 miles 299°2024-06-02 23:28:07 REVOLINER27.5 miles 245°2024-06-01 12:43:55
LE BOUGAINVILLE28.4 miles 240°2024-06-02 22:55:46 MERENGUE29.6 miles 236°2024-06-03 00:28:27
MSC SHANGHAI V32.9 miles 282°2024-06-03 02:51:14 24725600033.2 miles 303°2024-06-02 23:22:23
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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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