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AIS vessel LIGNUM NEXUS - show graphs
Callsign: 9V8520
MMSI number: 563219400
IMO number: 973078
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: JP SKD - JP OIT (ETA Sep17 06:00)
Location: 33°53.65' N 134°54.19' E - locator PM73KV84IO - show map
22.8 km West bearing 273° from Gobō, Wakayama, Japan [?]
23.5 km East bearing 96° from Anan, Tokushima, Japan
92.2 km South bearing 196° from Kōbe-shi, Hyōgo, Japan
104.5 km Southwest bearing 212° from Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka, Japan
Last position: 2025-09-14 15:56:26 UTC (1d 16h59m ago)
2025-09-15 00:56:26 JST local time at Gobō, Japan [?]
Course: 188° – heading 188°
Speed: 24 km/h
Dimensions: length 183 m width 32 m draught 6.3 m
Last path: 9V8520>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored: 4425
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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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