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AIS vessel SINOTRANS KAOHSIUNG - show graphs
Callsign: VRQA5
MMSI number: 477010600
IMO number: 792620
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: (0)
Destination: CN LYG (ETA Jul09 07:00)
Location: 33°09.82' N 135°02.58' E - locator PM73MD59DG - show map
70.1 km Southwest bearing 205° from Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan [?]
80.6 km South bearing 187° from Gobō, Wakayama, Japan
114.2 km South bearing 187° from Shimminatochō, Wakayama, Japan
118.6 km South bearing 186° from Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Last position: 2025-08-11 02:39:34 UTC (1d 16m ago)
2025-08-11 11:39:34 JST local time at Tanabe, Japan [?]
Course: 74° – heading 74°
Speed: 30 km/h
Dimensions: length 172 m width 28 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: VRQA5>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored: 4053
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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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