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AIS vessel NICHIWAMARU - show graphs
Callsign: JD4529
MMSI number: 431012866
IMO number: 692416
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Location: 34°32.59' N 137°16.85' E - locator PM84PN30QI - show map
13.8 km South bearing 175° from Tahara, Aichi, Japan [?]
26.5 km South bearing 201° from Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
78.7 km Southeast bearing 154° from Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan
111.6 km Southwest bearing 245° from Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
Last position: 2025-08-02 03:39:52 UTC (15d 5h ago)
2025-08-02 12:39:52 JST local time at Tahara, Japan [?]
Course: 83° – heading 86°
Speed: 21 km/h
Dimensions: length 65 m width 10 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: JD4529>ais via Gamagori1240
Positions stored: 10406
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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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