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AIS vessel MATAKANA ISLAND - show graphs
Callsign: VRGM4
MMSI number: 477733300
IMO number: 295153
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: NZTRG
Location: 33°50.15' N 131°21.46' E - locator PM53QU20VO - show map
9.6 miles Southeast bearing 140° from Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan [?]
15.2 miles Southeast bearing 139° from Onoda, Yamaguchi, Japan
56.2 miles East bearing 73° from Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
73.9 miles Southwest bearing 239° from Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
Last position: 2024-12-07 04:19:30 EST (16d 18h13m ago)
2024-12-07 18:19:30 JST local time at Ube, Japan [?]
Course: 282° – heading 282°
Speed: 16 MPH
Dimensions: length 176 m width 29 m draught 5.7 m
Persons on board: 19 (2020-12-16 02:40:52 EST – 1468d 19h52m ago)
Last path: VRGM4>ais via JP6QVT
Positions stored: 29633
Stations near current position of MATAKANA ISLAND - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
V GLOBAL58.4 yards 3°2024-12-10 19:52:19 PACIFIC HORSE69.3 yards 357°2024-12-06 08:35:24
SHENG SHI 55798.1 yards 145°2024-12-09 02:35:33 SITC MINGDE106.6 yards 166°2024-12-14 02:23:12
REFLECTION108.8 yards 128°2024-12-21 16:07:15 JN EMERALD117.7 yards 20°2024-12-05 22:49:44
SITC CHANGDE125.9 yards 144°2024-12-07 06:41:03 EPSILONGAS153.7 yards 26°2024-12-06 03:35:33
CORAL ALICIA177.9 yards 138°2024-12-09 11:34:06 TY MERRY221.3 yards 143°2024-12-13 00:51:35
SETTSU224.0 yards 154°2024-12-23 15:32:38 ESPOIR SEVEN239.4 yards 63°2024-11-30 11:09:45
EVER SUNNY239.7 yards 134°2024-12-13 18:08:07 A KAKOGAWA254.0 yards 343°2024-12-21 14:52:18
BUNUN FORTUNE315.9 yards 139°2024-11-24 09:07:31 ASIAN PIONEER392.2 yards 152°2024-12-11 09:56:10
GLOBAL MERMAID408.3 yards 356°2024-11-25 03:46:17 TORM THUNDER427.3 yards 110°2024-12-11 22:24:53
MARGARETRIVERBRIDGE441.4 yards 149°2024-12-07 02:36:07 SULPHUR GLORY2462.3 yards 152°2024-12-13 22:40:14
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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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