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AIS vessel SITC PINGHE - show graphs
Callsign: VRVA5
MMSI number: 477867100
IMO number: 943592
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: JP YOK XX SHN (ETA Nov25 07:40)
Location: 33°17.42' N 134°41.00' E - locator PM73IG19XQ - show map
49.5 km East bearing 89° from Muroto, Kōchi, Japan [?]
69.7 km South bearing 177° from Anan, Tokushima, Japan
110.1 km Southwest bearing 206° from Shimminatochō, Wakayama, Japan
113.2 km Southwest bearing 203° from Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Last position: 2025-11-27 02:59:17 UTC (13h22m ago)
2025-11-27 11:59:17 JST local time at Muroto, Japan [?]
Course: 264.1° – heading 259°
Speed: 27 km/h
Dimensions: length 147 m width 24 m draught 8.6 m
Last path: VRVA5>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored: 12017
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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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