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AIS vessel SITC SHENZHEN - show graphs
Callsign: VRKS7
MMSI number: 477024900
IMO number: 639646
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: JP NGO (ETA Jul13 13:00)
Location: 33°15.10' N 135°05.04' E - locator PM73NG00CJ - show map
59.6 km Southwest bearing 206° from Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan [?]
70.5 km South bearing 185° from Gobō, Wakayama, Japan
104.1 km South bearing 186° from Shimminatochō, Wakayama, Japan
108.6 km South bearing 184° from Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Last position: 2025-07-15 03:59:34 UTC (14d 4h34m ago)
2025-07-15 12:59:34 JST local time at Tanabe, Japan [?]
Course: 259° – heading 255°
Speed: 23 km/h
Dimensions: length 143 m width 23 m draught 7.4 m
Last path: VRKS7>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored: 49904
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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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