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AIS vessel BLAIR MCKEIL - show graphs
Callsign: VCBM
MMSI number: 316040355
IMO number: 9546045
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: BGVAR
Location: 37°38.23' N 16°37.05' E - locator JM87HP42CW - show map
58.1 km Southeast bearing 128° from Brancaleone, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy [?]
62.9 km Southeast bearing 132° from Bruzzano Zeffirio, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy
99.0 km Southeast bearing 122° from Reggio di Calabria, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy
112.2 km Southeast bearing 123° from Messina, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
Last position: 2025-02-12 08:44:46 UTC (16d 1h36m ago)
2025-02-12 09:44:46 CET local time at Brancaleone, Italy [?]
Course: 105° – heading 105°
Speed: 24 km/h
Dimensions: length 140 m width 21 m draught 5.3 m
Last path: VCBM>ais via IW9GDC
Positions stored: 44582
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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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