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AIS vessel OCTONAUT - show graphs
Callsign: V7A4856
MMSI number: 538009532
IMO number: 251614
Navigational status: Moored (5)
Vessel class: Tanker, carrying hazard/pollutant cat B (82)
Destination: AU_MEL
Location: 38°03.67' S 144°54.98' E - locator QF21KW95WH - show map
13.1 km Southwest bearing 222° from Black Rock, Bayside, Victoria, Australia [?]
20.1 km Northwest bearing 329° from Mornington, Victoria, Australia
27.8 km South bearing 189° from Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
49.5 km East bearing 79° from Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Last position: 2025-10-25 12:15:45 UTC (96d 4h10m ago)
2025-10-25 23:15:45 AEDT local time at Black Rock, Australia [?]
Course: 185° – heading 184°
Speed: 22 km/h
Dimensions: length 145 m width 24 m draught 8.5 m
Last path: V7A4856>ais via vk3ymml
Positions stored: 13338
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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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