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AIS vessel ESL AFRICA - show graphs
Callsign: 5BJM4
MMSI number: 212537000
IMO number: 397171
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: PL SZZ
Location: 53°33.69' N 4°48.54' E - locator JO23JN74BS - show map
34.2 km Northwest bearing 329° from Oost-Vlieland, Gemeente Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands [?]
35.0 km Northwest bearing 310° from West-Terschelling, Gemeente Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands
122.5 km West bearing 289° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
144.8 km Northwest bearing 324° from Zwolle, Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-07-21 04:04:21 UTC (2d 13h ago)
2025-07-21 06:04:21 CEST local time at Oost-Vlieland, Netherlands [?]
Course: 21° – heading 19°
Speed: 25 km/h
Dimensions: length 141 m width 21 m draught 5.6 m
Last path: 5BJM4>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 35431
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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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