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Callsign: V2IB9
MMSI number: 305716000
IMO number: 56264
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: USBRO (ETA Jul08 11:00)
Location: 9°45.75' N 79°57.33' W - locator FJ09AS53IA - show map
41.0 km Northwest bearing 305° from Portobelo, Colón, Panama [?]
41.7 km Northwest bearing 328° from María Chiquita, Colón, Panama
95.2 km Northwest bearing 328° from San Miguelito, Panamá, Panama
97.9 km Northwest bearing 331° from Panamá, Panamá, Panama
Last position: 2025-07-04 09:23:11 UTC (21d 9h12m ago)
2025-07-04 04:23:11 EST local time at Portobelo, Panama [?]
Course: 358° – heading 355°
Speed: 24 km/h
Dimensions: length 147 m width 23 m draught 7.0 m
Last path: V2IB9>ais via hp2dfa-12
Positions stored: 329
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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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