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AIS vessel 8 SHOWA MARU - show graphs
Callsign: JD4492
MMSI number: 431012426
Navigational status: Undefined/default (15)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Location: 33°26.86' N 131°45.62' E - locator PM53VK17FK - show map
13.8 km East bearing 75° from Kitsuki, Ōita, Japan [?]
24.1 km North bearing 17° from Tsurusaki, Ōita, Japan
95.9 km Southeast bearing 116° from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan
123.6 km Southwest bearing 212° from Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
Last position: 2025-01-17 02:05:53 UTC (36d 16h53m ago)
2025-01-17 11:05:53 JST local time at Kitsuki, Japan [?]
Course: 22° – heading 511°
Speed: 21 km/h
Dimensions: length 52 m width 10 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: JD4492>ais via JP6QVT
Positions stored: 1974
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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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