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AIS vessel FEDERAL SHIMANTO - show graphs
Callsign: V7VZ2
MMSI number: 538004244
IMO number: 218404
Navigational status: Moored (5)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: PL GDN > US POJ (ETA May13 11:00)
Location: 41°38.26' N 87°09.01' W - locator EN61KP13XB - show map
7.2 km North bearing 17° from Portage, Porter County, Indiana, United States [?]
10.1 km Northeast bearing 47° from Lake Station, Lake County, Indiana, United States
47.7 km Southeast bearing 119° from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
98.0 km East bearing 98° from Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, United States
Last position: 2025-05-15 09:47:21 UTC (16d 4h29m ago)
2025-05-15 04:47:21 CDT local time at Portage, United States [?]
Course: 279° – heading 359°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 190 m width 23 m draught 8.1 m
Last path: V7VZ2>ais via WD9EPF
Positions stored: 65297
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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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