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AIS vessel TAKUTAI CHIEF - show graphs
Callsign: 9VCO6
MMSI number: 563237500
IMO number: 519327
Navigational status: Moored (5)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat D (74)
Destination: AUMEL
Location: 33°58.06' S 151°13.02' E - locator QF56OA67AS - show map
1.6 km East bearing 94° from Botany, New South Wales, Australia [?]
4.1 km South bearing 158° from Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia
11.1 km South bearing 175° from Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
126.7 km Southwest bearing 204° from Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Last position: 2025-11-19 08:40:09 UTC (47s ago)
2025-11-19 19:40:09 AEDT local time at Botany, Australia [?]
Course: 322.399994° – heading 253°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 161 m width 25 m draught 9.4 m
Last path: 9VCO6>ais via kavie87
Positions stored: 7766
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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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