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AIS vessel HOUEIMARU NO8 - show graphs
Callsign: JD4242
MMSI number: 431009988
IMO number: 660
Navigational status: At anchor (1)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: >JP HIM OFF (ETA Jan26 21:30)
Location: 34°45.53' N 134°39.38' E - locator PM74HS82SC - show map
6.1 km Southwest bearing 244° from Shirahama, Hyōgo, Japan [?]
7.6 km Southwest bearing 212° from Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan
48.7 km West bearing 279° from Kōbe-shi, Hyōgo, Japan
77.6 km West bearing 276° from Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka, Japan
Last position: 2026-01-26 14:48:49 UTC (4m32s ago)
2026-01-26 23:48:49 JST local time at Shirahama, Japan [?]
Course: 158.9° – heading 65°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 71 m width 13 m draught 5.0 m
Last path: JD4242>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored: 251841
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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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