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AIS vessel SITC SHIMIZU - show graphs
Callsign: VRLG2
MMSI number: 477335600
IMO number: 639658
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: JPNGO W5 (ETA Aug13 15:30)
Location: 35°00.68' N 136°48.05' E - locator PM85JA62CR - show map
11.0 km Southeast bearing 124° from Kuwana, Mie, Japan [?]
14.9 km North bearing 343° from Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
21.2 km Southwest bearing 207° from Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan
123.6 km East bearing 73° from Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka, Japan
Last position: 2025-08-13 06:33:12 UTC (1h34m ago)
2025-08-13 15:33:12 JST local time at Kuwana, Japan [?]
Course: 30° – heading 30°
Speed: 10 km/h
Dimensions: length 143 m width 23 m draught 6.6 m
Last path: VRLG2>ais via T-RJGG92
Positions stored: 47323
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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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