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AIS vessel HIMAWARI8 - show graphs
Callsign: JD4188
MMSI number: 431009876
IMO number: 810836
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: JP TYO C (ETA Dec13 11:40)
Location: 36°12.30' N 141°01.80' E - locator QM06ME39OE - show map
40.5 km East bearing 108° from Ōarai, Ibaraki, Japan [?]
43.7 km Northeast bearing 52° from Kashima-shi, Ibaraki, Japan
133.3 km Northeast bearing 64° from Tokyo, Tōkyō, Japan
150.7 km Northeast bearing 56° from Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Last position: 2026-01-29 20:12:41 UTC (6m33s ago)
2026-01-30 05:12:41 JST local time at Ōarai, Japan [?]
Course: 185.2° – heading 186°
Speed: 42 km/h
Dimensions: length 167 m width 27 m draught 7.5 m
Last path: JD4188>ais via IC8HFW
Positions stored: 44672
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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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