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AIS vessel ARKADIA - show graphs
Callsign: A8ET4
MMSI number: 636017164
IMO number: 226815
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: AU BNE (ETA Apr19 07:00)
Location: 33°04.65' S 152°15.56' E - locator QF66DW11CJ - show map
41.1 km South bearing 165° from Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia [?]
42.1 km South bearing 161° from Corlette, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales, Australia
48.0 km East bearing 111° from Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
131.2 km Northeast bearing 48° from Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Last position: 2025-04-18 01:47:06 UTC (1m49s ago)
2025-04-18 11:47:06 AEST local time at Nelson Bay, Australia [?]
Course: 075.0° – heading 74°
Speed: 27 km/h
Dimensions: length 170 m width 24 m draught 9.1 m
Last path: A8ET4>ais via VK2EHQ
Positions stored: 43528
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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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