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AIS vessel SINOTRANS HONG KONG - show graphs
Callsign: VRBV5
MMSI number: 477109800
IMO number: 330769
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: JP TYO S (ETA Apr20 10:00)
Location: 34°29.23' N 137°24.46' E - locator PM84QL86WW - show map
23.8 km Southeast bearing 147° from Tahara, Aichi, Japan [?]
28.1 km Southwest bearing 204° from Kosai-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
89.7 km Southeast bearing 149° from Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan
104.4 km Southwest bearing 239° from Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
Last position: 2025-04-19 13:54:54 UTC (10d 22h42m ago)
2025-04-19 22:54:54 JST local time at Tahara, Japan [?]
Course: 89° – heading 89°
Speed: 29 km/h
Dimensions: length 143 m width 22 m draught 6.7 m
Last path: VRBV5>ais via Gamagori1240
Positions stored: 77917
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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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