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AIS vessel HONIARA CHIEF - show graphs
Callsign: VRSL9
MMSI number: 477706200
IMO number: 861902
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat D (74)
Destination: KR PUS
Location: 48°30.38' N 125°26.30' W - locator CN78GM71JM - show map
48.1 km South bearing 170° from Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada [?]
79.4 km Southeast bearing 154° from Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
94.0 km Southwest bearing 210° from Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
132.1 km Southwest bearing 237° from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Last position: 2025-05-15 22:37:38 UTC (15d 15h ago)
2025-05-15 15:37:38 PDT local time at Ucluelet, Canada [?]
Course: 266° – heading 266°
Speed: 29 km/h
Dimensions: length 186 m width 35 m draught 8.0 m
Last path: VRSL9>ais via VE7KA
Positions stored: 16889
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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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