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Callsign: VG3278
MMSI number: 316005622
IMO number: 300453
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Towing (31)
Location: 49°06.76' N 123°47.13' W - locator CN89CC57RB - show map
12.5 km Southeast bearing 119° from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada [?]
14.6 km North bearing 10° from Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
50.7 km West bearing 253° from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
69.9 km West bearing 271° from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Last position: 2025-08-09 00:25:28 UTC (2m5s ago)
2025-08-08 17:25:28 PDT local time at Nanaimo, Canada [?]
Course: 151.900009° – heading 511°
Speed: 4 km/h
Dimensions: length 14 m width 6 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: VG3278>ais via VE7KA
Positions stored: 306923
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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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