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Callsign: V7GQ8
MMSI number: 538005750
IMO number: 9694593
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: BR ITJ
Location: 23°37.66' S 43°20.18' W - locator GG86HI99PI - show map
81.6 km South bearing 189° from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [?]
86.1 km South bearing 196° from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
97.2 km South bearing 173° from Nova Iguaçu, Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Last position: 2025-11-04 14:00:05 UTC (6d 15h18m ago)
2025-11-04 11:00:05 -03 local time at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [?]
Course: 71° – heading 71°
Speed: 26 km/h
Dimensions: length 255 m width 37 m draught 11.6 m
Last path: V7GQ8>ais via PY1AU
Positions stored: 63916
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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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