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AIS vessel SVITZER MARYSVILLE - show graphs
Callsign: VHDP
MMSI number: 503546100
IMO number: 540443
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: MELBOURNE (ETA Oct10 01:00)
Location: 37°50.37' S 144°53.88' E - locator QF22KD78SM - show map
3.9 km West bearing 270° from Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia [?]
6.4 km Southwest bearing 244° from Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
6.9 km West bearing 289° from St Kilda West, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
58.2 km Northeast bearing 54° from Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Last position: 2025-09-17 14:50:29 UTC (7h8m ago)
2025-09-18 00:50:29 AEST local time at Port Melbourne, Australia [?]
Course: 346° – heading 346°
Speed: 16 km/h
Dimensions: length 22 m width 11 m draught 5.8 m
Last path: VHDP>ais via PALASKAS-AIS
Positions stored: 481609
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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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