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AIS vessel MAERSK BENGUELA - show graphs
Callsign: VRLA3
MMSI number: 477552400
IMO number: 355367
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat D (74)
Destination: DEHAM>>MAPTM
Location: 49°59.93' N 2°47.60' W - locator IN89OX49TQ - show map
53.0 km Northwest bearing 307° from Alderney, England, United Kingdom [?]
62.7 km North bearing 343° from Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
104.6 km Southeast bearing 113° from Plymouth, City of Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
140.6 km Southwest bearing 225° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-02-18 21:30:49 UTC (9d 12h10m ago)
2025-02-18 21:30:49 GMT local time at Alderney, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 252° – heading 251°
Speed: 27 km/h
Dimensions: length 223 m width 32 m draught 12.0 m
Last path: VRLA3>ais via rikgale
Positions stored: 37096
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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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