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AIS vessel SITC TAICANG - show graphs
Callsign: VRSC5
MMSI number: 477302300
IMO number: 836115
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: JP TYO O (ETA Oct05 02:00)
Location: 33°14.30' N 135°00.98' E - locator PM73MF17XE - show map
63.9 km Southwest bearing 211° from Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan [?]
72.7 km South bearing 190° from Gobō, Wakayama, Japan
106.4 km South bearing 189° from Shimminatochō, Wakayama, Japan
110.7 km South bearing 187° from Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Last position: 2025-11-01 04:35:43 UTC (25d 12h52m ago)
2025-11-01 13:35:43 JST local time at Tanabe, Japan [?]
Course: 250° – heading 256°
Speed: 22 km/h
Dimensions: length 141 m width 25 m draught 7.8 m
Last path: VRSC5>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored: 41194
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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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