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AIS vessel NEWCASTLE EXPRESS - show graphs
Callsign: VRTN2
MMSI number: 477624400
IMO number: 220213
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: MORMUGAO ID
Location: 36°47.56' N 13°15.87' E - locator JM66PT10RF - show map
60.3 km Southwest bearing 203° from Porto Empedocle, Provincia di Agrigento, Sicily, Italy [?]
62.8 km Southwest bearing 225° from Palma di Montechiaro, Provincia di Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
91.6 km West bearing 250° from Gela, Provincia di Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy
133.5 km Southeast bearing 146° from Marsala, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Last position: 2025-08-06 09:23:40 UTC (4d 1h58m ago)
2025-08-06 11:23:40 CEST local time at Porto Empedocle, Italy [?]
Course: 107° – heading 107°
Speed: 21 km/h
Dimensions: length 289 m width 45 m draught 14.6 m
Last path: VRTN2>ais via ir9zxa
Positions stored: 49139
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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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