Callsign:	A8WC9
MMSI number:	636014716
IMO number:	453638
Navigational status:	Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class:	Tanker (89)
Destination:	BRSSZ (ETA Mar22 23:00)
Location:	23°26.00' S 43°02.57' W - locator GG86LN46UA - show map 61.3 km South bearing 164° from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [?] 61.4 km South bearing 174° from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 85.7 km Southeast bearing 151° from Nova Iguaçu, Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Last position:	2025-12-31 13:10:59 UTC (16d 13h4m ago) 2025-12-31 10:10:59 -03 local time at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [?]
Course:	254° – heading 255°
Speed:	17 km/h
Dimensions:	length 145 m width 23 m draught 6.5 m
Last path:	A8WC9>ais via PY1AU
Positions stored:	30083

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.