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AIS vessel HE ZHONG 5 - show graphs
Callsign: BQTZ
MMSI number: 413381040
IMO number: 722259
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker, carrying hazard/pollutant cat B (82)
Destination: TAICHUNG
Location: 33°19.73' N 131°58.78' E - locator PM53XH78NW - show map
18.9 miles Northeast bearing 36° from Usuki, Ōita, Japan [?]
19.2 miles North bearing 22° from Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan
74.6 miles Southeast bearing 118° from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan
80.7 miles Northeast bearing 62° from Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Last position: 2024-12-14 12:59:55 EST (22d 34m ago)
2024-12-15 02:59:55 JST local time at Usuki, Japan [?]
Course: 181° – heading 183°
Speed: 12 MPH
Dimensions: length 85 m width 13 m draught 4.2 m
Last path: BQTZ>ais via JP6QVT
Positions stored: 16454
Stations near current position of HE ZHONG 5 - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
GLOBAL GOLD94.2 yards 246°2024-12-19 18:40:36 GOLDEN ORION378.8 yards 262°2025-01-01 05:32:34
VIANCA0.4 miles 244°2024-12-19 09:04:19 GROVE ISLAND0.4 miles 296°2024-12-27 07:58:20
MEIZANMARU0.4 miles 266°2024-12-21 09:57:34 TENRYU MARU NO.70.4 miles 192°2024-12-07 22:21:09
TRAWIND GLORY0.5 miles 184°2024-12-27 18:39:40 XIN HAI 7990.5 miles 344°2025-01-02 12:23:17
OCEAN STAR 60.5 miles 87°2025-01-02 11:20:22 TOYAMA TRADER0.5 miles 224°2025-01-01 10:39:54
KOUYOUMARU NO80.5 miles 170°2024-12-29 15:35:30 KINOEMARU0.6 miles 88°2024-12-26 03:35:46
DL LOTUS0.6 miles 187°2025-01-04 01:13:15 HAO XIN0.6 miles 311°2024-12-31 20:14:23
CHIZUKAWA MARU0.6 miles 39°2025-01-04 04:59:49 GREEN MERIDIAN0.7 miles 263°2024-12-15 04:24:51
HOUSEI MARU NO.110.8 miles 142°2024-12-30 11:55:14 OKUNI MARU0.8 miles 140°2024-12-25 15:09:28
ASL CRYSTAL0.8 miles 116°2024-12-23 21:18:28 NEW SILK ROAD 20.8 miles 266°2024-12-16 09:58:18
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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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