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AIS vessel RIO GRANDE EXPRESS - show graphs
Callsign: VRTZ3
MMSI number: 477696800
IMO number: 301823
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat D (74)
Destination: GBLGP>>>DEHAM
Location: 53°56.47' N 4°57.57' E - locator JO23LW55DU - show map
41.5 miles North bearing 346° from West-Terschelling, Gemeente Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands [?]
44.4 miles Northwest bearing 322° from Hollum, Gemeente Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands
61.8 miles Northwest bearing 326° from Leeuwarden, Gemeente Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
82.6 miles Northwest bearing 308° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-01-16 13:31:48 EST (2d 9h26m ago)
2025-01-16 19:31:48 CET local time at West-Terschelling, Netherlands [?]
Course: 328° – heading 318°
Speed: 2 MPH
Dimensions: length 260 m width 32 m draught 11.6 m
Last path: VRTZ3>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 8041
Stations near current position of RIO GRANDE EXPRESS - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
ELISABETH3.3 miles 287°2025-01-18 21:01:58 ECO TRUST3.4 miles 273°2025-01-18 22:56:49
VORTEX3.8 miles 107°2025-01-18 00:56:01 MEGHNA LEGACY3.9 miles 146°2025-01-18 02:01:59
ENFORCER4.0 miles 67°2025-01-17 20:31:03 ECO ROYALTY4.0 miles 64°2025-01-15 18:15:10
JORK RULER4.3 miles 53°2025-01-16 11:04:57 WILSON BILBAO4.4 miles 150°2025-01-18 22:07:11
AMADEUS PEARL4.6 miles 156°2025-01-17 22:01:57 OSHIMA JAPAN4.7 miles 159°2025-01-18 02:41:53
BENRIACH6.3 miles 54°2025-01-16 22:55:55 MISIDA6.5 miles 173°2025-01-18 05:37:22
FUGRO VENTURER6.8 miles 172°2025-01-18 22:55:48 RIGER6.9 miles 41°2025-01-18 22:56:49
VESTVIND7.3 miles 178°2025-01-18 04:55:31 AEOLUS7.5 miles 49°2025-01-17 23:09:32
BIRTHE ESSBERGER9.4 miles 180°2025-01-16 20:40:32 INVINCIBLE10.8 miles 36°2025-01-17 19:01:02
WILSON ROTTERDAM11.1 miles 38°2025-01-18 00:26:52 MINERVAGRACHT11.6 miles 33°2025-01-13 21:20:23
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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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