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AIS vessel CETUS CACHALOT - show graphs
Callsign: D5CT5
MMSI number: 636015777
IMO number: 483279
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: JPNSR
Location: 37°36.57' N 137°38.96' E - locator PM87TO76WH - show map
66.4 km North bearing 345° from Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan [?]
72.9 km Northwest bearing 315° from Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan
125.0 km West bearing 255° from Niigata-shi, Niigata, Japan
144.8 km Northeast bearing 39° from Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa, Japan
Last position: 2025-02-09 11:41:09 UTC (2d 5h28m ago)
2025-02-09 20:41:09 JST local time at Itoigawa, Japan [?]
Course: 18° – heading 18°
Speed: 16 km/h
Dimensions: length 188 m width 32 m draught 10.0 m
Last path: D5CT5>ais via JH0WSL
Positions stored: 5636
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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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