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Callsign: VRUL8
MMSI number: 477745700
IMO number: 573854
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: GI GIB
Location: 36°05.15' N 5°20.78' W - locator IM76HC80KO - show map
6.6 km South bearing 175° from Gibraltar, Gibraltar [?]
9.1 km South bearing 179° from La Línea de la Concepción, Provincia de Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
54.0 km Northeast bearing 49° from Tangier, Tanger-Assilah, Tanger-Tétouan, Morocco
108.7 km Southwest bearing 230° from Málaga, Provincia de Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Last position: 2025-01-03 23:55:06 UTC (45d 16h57m ago)
2025-01-04 00:55:06 CET local time at Gibraltar, Gibraltar [?]
Course: 311° – heading 309°
Speed: 11 km/h
Dimensions: length 199 m width 32 m draught 12.8 m
Last path: VRUL8>ais via EA7AZH
Positions stored: 5661
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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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