Callsign:	VRWI8
MMSI number:	477025900
Navigational status:	Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class:	Cargo (70)
Destination:	JP AKITA
Location:	37°33.23' N 138°31.06' E - locator PM97GN22CW - show map 21.0 km North bearing 352° from Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan [?] 31.5 km West bearing 292° from Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan 59.0 km Southwest bearing 229° from Niigata-shi, Niigata, Japan 104.6 km North bearing 16° from Nagano-shi, Nagano, Japan
Last position:	2025-11-27 04:30:56 UTC (15d 10h35m ago) 2025-11-27 13:30:56 JST local time at Kashiwazaki, Japan [?]
Course:	27° – heading 26°
Speed:	19 km/h
Dimensions:	draught 6.0 m
Last path:	VRWI8>ais via JH0WSL
Positions stored:	496

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.