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AIS vessel JOSCO HELEN - show graphs
Callsign: VRUW5
MMSI number: 477842600
IMO number: 931525
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: JP HIJ (ETA Sep02 06:00)
Location: 34°27.00' N 134°04.17' E - locator PM74AK87IX - show map
11.1 km West bearing 250° from Tonoshō, Kagawa, Japan [?]
17.0 km Northwest bearing 326° from Shido, Kagawa, Japan
26.6 km Southeast bearing 152° from Okayama-shi, Okayama, Japan
105.4 km West bearing 256° from Kōbe-shi, Hyōgo, Japan
Last position: 2025-09-01 11:58:03 UTC (18d 12h18m ago)
2025-09-01 20:58:03 JST local time at Tonoshō, Japan [?]
Course: 269° – heading 269°
Speed: 25 km/h
Dimensions: length 146 m width 23 m draught 6.9 m
Last path: VRUW5>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored: 24049
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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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