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AIS vessel NEW MINGZHOU 16 - show graphs
Callsign: VRLS3
MMSI number: 477224100
IMO number: 656292
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: JP HIJ (ETA Nov21 07:00)
Location: 34°26.09' N 134°09.27' E - locator PM74BK84NJ - show map
6.0 km Southwest bearing 206° from Tonoshō, Kagawa, Japan [?]
12.5 km North bearing 352° from Shido, Kagawa, Japan
98.3 km West bearing 253° from Kōbe-shi, Hyōgo, Japan
126.6 km West bearing 257° from Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka, Japan
Last position: 2025-11-20 11:35:00 UTC (68d 10h18m ago)
2025-11-20 20:35:00 JST local time at Tonoshō, Japan [?]
Course: 315° – heading 310°
Speed: 24 km/h
Dimensions: length 143 m width 23 m draught 6.8 m
Last path: VRLS3>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored: 92432
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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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