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AIS vessel HC BEAUTY - show graphs
Callsign: VRVQ8
MMSI number: 477906200
IMO number: 332808
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: GUI SHAN (ETA May12 06:00)
Location: 32°52.95' S 152°13.51' E - locator QF67CC78AE - show map
12.1 miles Southeast bearing 157° from Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia [?]
13.1 miles Southeast bearing 149° from Corlette, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales, Australia
26.2 miles East bearing 83° from Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
89.8 miles Northeast bearing 41° from Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Last position: 2024-04-24 18:59:32 EDT (24d 1h11m ago)
2024-04-25 08:59:32 AEST local time at Nelson Bay, Australia [?]
Course: 72° – heading 71°
Speed: 11 MPH
Dimensions: length 229 m width 37 m draught 12.9 m
Last path: VRVQ8>ais via VK2EHQ
Positions stored: 2934
Stations near current position of HC BEAUTY - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
SHUNXIANG0.9 miles 171°2024-05-08 10:18:13 SEA US GO1.3 miles 333°2024-04-29 12:37:27
KAIYO1.4 miles 130°2024-05-02 20:13:10 YASA EMERALD1.4 miles 157°2024-05-08 22:13:02
SOPHIA1.6 miles 25°2024-05-04 00:51:10 ALPHA PRIDE2.0 miles 240°2024-04-22 04:16:36
SM DONGHAE 22.0 miles 274°2024-04-28 10:13:15 TAI KINDNESS2.1 miles 155°2024-05-10 16:03:19
DYNA CRANE2.2 miles 236°2024-05-04 18:57:19 JUNE LOONG2.3 miles 222°2024-04-19 15:32:47
VSC CASTOR2.4 miles 171°2024-04-24 14:07:32 MINERAL CHINA3.1 miles 33°2024-05-09 23:22:47
CL PEKING3.3 miles 78°2024-05-08 23:43:02 YM ENDEAVOUR3.6 miles 87°2024-05-02 03:23:09
XING FU HAI3.6 miles 64°2024-04-29 16:29:27 YASA DIAMOND3.6 miles 301°2024-04-28 03:39:15
JIN WEN FENG3.8 miles 98°2024-05-09 11:19:18 BBG HONOR3.9 miles 331°2024-04-20 08:08:56
CP NANJING4.0 miles 345°2024-04-20 02:36:53 CORONA JOYFUL4.2 miles 282°2024-05-04 16:21:19
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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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