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AIS vessel MAERSK KIERA - show graphs
Callsign: 9V8527
MMSI number: 566234000
IMO number: 431305
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: BRIGI (ETA Sep14 17:00)
Location: 23°08.46' S 43°24.15' W - locator GG86HU16QD - show map
33.2 km Southwest bearing 217° from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [?]
41.9 km Southwest bearing 227° from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
42.7 km South bearing 173° from Nova Iguaçu, Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Last position: 2025-11-29 07:48:00 UTC (3d 15h53m ago)
2025-11-29 04:48:00 -03 local time at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [?]
Course: 245° – heading 242°
Speed: 20 km/h
Dimensions: length 183 m width 27 m draught 11.8 m
Last path: 9V8527>ais via PY1AU
Positions stored: 15525
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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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