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AIS vessel SHOFUKU MARU - show graphs
Callsign: JD4940
MMSI number: 431016459
IMO number: 912062
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: JP HHE>JP SBS
Location: 37°42.11' N 137°23.04' E - locator PM87QQ68BK - show map
81.3 km Northeast bearing 27° from Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan [?]
84.9 km Northwest bearing 331° from Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan
112.9 km North bearing 8° from Toyama-shi, Toyama, Japan
136.4 km Northwest bearing 329° from Nagano-shi, Nagano, Japan
Last position: 2025-07-29 19:27:36 UTC (8d 16h26m ago)
2025-07-30 04:27:36 JST local time at Nanao, Japan [?]
Course: 223° – heading 225°
Speed: 21 km/h
Dimensions: length 76 m width 12 m draught 4.4 m
Last path: JD4940>ais via JH0WSL
Positions stored: 18737
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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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