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Callsign: V7GQ8
MMSI number: 538005750
IMO number: 694593
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: AU MEL (ETA Aug12 06:00)
Location: 38°17.30' S 144°40.23' E - locator QF21IR00LS - show map
2.4 km South bearing 162° from Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia [?]
6.3 km Northwest bearing 300° from Sorrento, Victoria, Australia
31.3 km Southeast bearing 120° from Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
58.6 km Southwest bearing 206° from Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last position: 2025-08-10 05:25:01 UTC (6h36m ago)
2025-08-10 15:25:01 AEST local time at Queenscliff, Australia [?]
Course: 288.200012° – heading 292°
Speed: 31 km/h
Dimensions: length 255 m width 37 m draught 11.7 m
Last path: V7GQ8>ais via vk3ymml
Positions stored: 61775
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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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