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AIS vessel GREAT KAPPA - show graphs
Callsign: 9VDY5
MMSI number: 563260100
IMO number: 873656
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: CNNSA
Location: 38°48.35' S 173°52.50' E - locator RF61WE56AO - show map
34.1 km Northwest bearing 328° from New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand [?]
38.2 km Northwest bearing 305° from Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand
94.1 km North bearing 338° from Hawera, South Taranaki District, Taranaki, New Zealand
Last position: 2025-11-20 23:00:28 UTC (3d 4h35m ago)
2025-11-21 12:00:28 NZDT local time at New Plymouth, New Zealand [?]
Course: 323° – heading 322°
Speed: 22 km/h
Dimensions: length 183 m width 32 m draught 12.2 m
Last path: 9VDY5>ais via ZL1RAC
Positions stored: 379
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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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