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AIS vessel RIX AMETHYST - show graphs
Callsign: 5BQN4
MMSI number: 209114000
IMO number: 173185
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: DK ODE
Location: 53°40.11' N 5°36.37' E - locator JO23TQ20RK - show map
25.5 km North bearing 355° from Hollum, Gemeente Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands [?]
27.2 km Northwest bearing 336° from Nes, Gemeente Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands
80.8 km Northwest bearing 309° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
128.6 km Northeast bearing 26° from Alkmaar, Gemeente Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-03-02 09:36:18 UTC (3d 16h34m ago)
2025-03-02 10:36:18 CET local time at Hollum, Netherlands [?]
Course: 250° – heading 254°
Speed: 12 km/h
Dimensions: length 89 m width 12 m draught 4.6 m
Last path: 5BQN4>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 40727
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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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