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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°11.48' S 43°13.39' W - locator GG86JT34FB - show map
32.1 km South bearing 183° from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [?]
36.4 km South bearing 200° from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
53.4 km Southeast bearing 154° from Nova Iguaçu, Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Last position: 2026-01-21 06:36:42 UTC (43m52s ago)
2026-01-21 03:36:42 -03 local time at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [?]
Course: 247° – heading 244°
Speed: 18 km/h
Dimensions: length 145 m width 23 m draught 6.5 m
Last path: A8WC9>ais via PY1AU
Positions stored: 30091
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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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