Callsign:	A8XL7
MMSI number:	636014927
IMO number:	522934
Navigational status:	Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class:	Cargo (70)
Destination:	OSAKA OPL (ETA Aug15 07:00)
Location:	33°27.90' N 134°57.00' E - locator PM73LL41AO - show map - static map 30.3 miles Southwest bearing 232° from Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan [?] 31.1 miles South bearing 202° from Gobō, Wakayama, Japan 51.6 miles South bearing 196° from Shimminatochō, Wakayama, Japan 54.0 miles South bearing 193° from Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Last position:	2017-08-16 07:30:58 EDT (18h18m ago) 2017-08-16 20:30:58 JST local time at Tanabe, Japan [?]
Course:	235.9° – heading 235°
Speed:	16 MPH
Dimensions:	length 186 m width 27 m draught 6.4 m
Persons on board:	23 (2011-07-10 14:51:03 EDT – 2229d 10h58m ago)
Last path:	A8XL7>ais via JG3HLX
Positions stored:	8818

callsign		distance	last heard - EDT		callsign		distance	last heard - EDT
HIBIKI MARU		1.8 miles 77°	2017-08-10 01:17:31		AZUL VICTORIA		1.9 miles 93°	2017-08-02 13:27:30
MOL GRANDEUR		2.1 miles 103°	2017-08-03 19:45:17		AWAJISHIMA		2.3 miles 123°	2017-07-27 09:08:41
STAR VOYAGER		2.7 miles 130°	2017-08-11 11:58:24		MIYAKO MARU		3.2 miles 71°	2017-08-17 00:38:18
YUSHO MERMAID 2		3.4 miles 25°	2017-08-09 16:58:51		SOUTHERN LION		3.6 miles 58°	2017-08-04 09:16:54
M T BOX		3.8 miles 70°	2017-07-22 02:55:57		NEW MINGZHOU66		4.1 miles 149°	2017-08-15 15:16:26
TAKAHARU MARU		4.2 miles 41°	2017-08-14 23:06:14		POSITIVE BRAVE		4.3 miles 217°	2017-07-29 03:22:26
YOSHU MARU NO.1		4.5 miles 38°	2017-08-14 21:17:59		TAKAOKA		4.5 miles 122°	2017-08-03 07:50:40
GLOBAL MERCURY		4.5 miles 47°	2017-08-03 07:49:40		ALBANY PIONEER		4.8 miles 39°	2017-08-04 00:25:55
GLORIOUS JUPITER		5.0 miles 155°	2017-08-16 19:22:35		KANNAMARU NO.2		5.2 miles 132°	2017-08-08 17:53:59
HOMANZAN MARU		5.3 miles 5°	2017-08-09 21:30:00		NORTHWEST SHEARWATER		5.7 miles 345°	2017-08-13 03:20:57

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.