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AIS vessel NEW MINGZHOU 66 - show graphs
Callsign: VRQE8
MMSI number: 477439900
IMO number: 751743
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: CN ZAP (ETA Jun29 14:00)
Location: 33°14.95' N 135°02.88' E - locator PM73MF59ST - show map
61.4 km Southwest bearing 209° from Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan [?]
71.1 km South bearing 188° from Gobō, Wakayama, Japan
104.7 km South bearing 188° from Shimminatochō, Wakayama, Japan
109.1 km South bearing 186° from Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Last position: 2025-06-27 01:14:20 UTC (5d 10h53m ago)
2025-06-27 10:14:20 JST local time at Tanabe, Japan [?]
Course: 261° – heading 265°
Speed: 20 km/h
Dimensions: length 147 m width 23 m draught 7.0 m
Last path: VRQE8>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored: 115863
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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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