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AIS vessel SITC SHIMIZU - show graphs
Callsign: VRLG2
MMSI number: 477335600
IMO number: 639658
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: CNTXG (ETA Jul24 17:00)
Location: 33°14.34' N 135°21.28' E - locator PM73QF27NI - show map
54.9 km South bearing 181° from Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan [?]
74.1 km South bearing 165° from Gobō, Wakayama, Japan
105.9 km South bearing 172° from Shimminatochō, Wakayama, Japan
111.0 km South bearing 171° from Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Last position: 2025-07-21 12:19:44 UTC (4d 9m ago)
2025-07-21 21:19:44 JST local time at Tanabe, Japan [?]
Course: 254° – heading 253°
Speed: 25 km/h
Dimensions: length 143 m width 23 m draught 7.9 m
Last path: VRLG2>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored: 47011
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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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