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AIS vessel VELA LEADER - show graphs
Callsign: 5LQO9
MMSI number: 636024024
IMO number: 158288
Navigational status: Moored (5)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: US NWK
Location: 40°41.87' N 74°09.06' W - locator FN20WQ17VL - show map
6.3 km Northeast bearing 53° from Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States [?]
9.7 km North bearing 14° from Bloomfield, Richmond County, New York, United States
12.4 km West bearing 262° from New York City, New York, United States
17.8 km West bearing 287° from Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
Last position: 2025-10-17 12:58:53 UTC (9h14m ago)
2025-10-17 08:58:53 EDT local time at Elizabeth, United States [?]
Course: 289.899994° – heading 115°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 200 m width 32 m draught 7.9 m
Last path: 5LQO9>ais via KD2IBE
Positions stored: 8245
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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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