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AIS vessel TAIHUA STAR - show graphs
Callsign: VRCT4
MMSI number: 477768700
IMO number: 707819
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: AU MEL (ETA Feb24 11:00)
Location: 41°39.01' S 174°41.54' E - locator RE78II33CW - show map
37.4 km South bearing 187° from Brooklyn, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand [?]
40.8 km South bearing 185° from Karori, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand
41.0 km South bearing 190° from Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand
51.7 km South bearing 201° from Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
Last position: 2025-03-05 21:54:47 UTC (6d 4h37m ago)
2025-03-06 10:54:47 NZDT local time at Brooklyn, New Zealand [?]
Course: 151° – heading 153°
Speed: 17 km/h
Dimensions: length 169 m width 27 m draught 9.5 m
Last path: VRCT4>ais via ZL4KYH
Positions stored: 36748
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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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