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AIS vessel SOUTHERN MERMAID - show graphs
Callsign: D5RU8
MMSI number: 636018879
IMO number: 724166
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker, carrying hazard/pollutant cat B (82)
Destination: CNZJG_CJK (ETA Oct27 04:00)
Location: 34°00.63' N 134°55.80' E - locator PM74LA12OM - show map
24.7 km Northwest bearing 305° from Gobō, Wakayama, Japan [?]
27.8 km East bearing 68° from Anan, Tokushima, Japan
79.1 km South bearing 197° from Kōbe-shi, Hyōgo, Japan
92.3 km Southwest bearing 215° from Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka, Japan
Last position: 2025-10-24 18:12:15 UTC (28d 3h41m ago)
2025-10-25 03:12:15 JST local time at Gobō, Japan [?]
Course: 187° – heading 189°
Speed: 27 km/h
Dimensions: length 135 m width 23 m draught 5.7 m
Last path: D5RU8>ais via JP3QZN-B
Positions stored: 5876
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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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