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AIS vessel HELLE RITSCHER - show graphs
Callsign: A8IS6
MMSI number: 636091030
IMO number: 333371
Navigational status: Moored (5)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: USMIA (ETA Jun06 15:00)
Location: 25°45.87' N 80°00.57' W - locator EL95XS83UL - show map
7.7 miles East bearing 104° from Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States [?]
10.7 miles Southeast bearing 137° from Surfside, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
11.5 miles East bearing 93° from Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
17.9 miles East bearing 111° from Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Last position: 2024-06-07 18:35:45 EDT (21h39m ago)
2024-06-07 18:35:45 EDT local time at Miami Beach, United States [?]
Course: 085.9° – heading 100°
Speed: 15 MPH
Dimensions: length 178 m width 28 m draught 9.4 m
Last path: A8IS6>ais via KN4CV
Positions stored: 136684
Stations near current position of HELLE RITSCHER - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
SEABOARD RANGER379.8 yards 162°2024-05-23 13:46:18 SEABOARD BLUE0.5 miles 287°2024-06-02 09:16:40
AS PAOLA1.5 miles 199°2024-05-11 18:55:12 INDEPENDENCE OTS1.8 miles 318°2024-06-06 04:28:03
SEABOARD PATRIOT2.1 miles 291°2024-05-30 04:54:19 OVERSEAS NIKISKI2.1 miles 321°2024-06-01 12:42:54
WARNOW WHALE2.1 miles 283°2024-06-05 17:39:36 BETTY K VIII2.1 miles 22°2024-05-17 07:49:00
ALS JUNO2.2 miles 5°2024-05-31 09:17:07 MAERSK PUELO2.2 miles 288°2024-06-05 09:13:29
CMA CGM LA SCALA2.3 miles 4°2024-05-10 19:59:08 CARIBE MARINER2.6 miles 12°2024-06-01 20:45:59
DIANA J2.7 miles 6°2024-06-06 08:58:39 DOLORES CHOUEST2.9 miles 311°2024-06-05 17:35:36
GERDA MAERSK3.0 miles 271°2024-05-31 10:16:15 SEAKAY VALOR3.3 miles 357°2024-06-04 14:46:01
VIOLET3.4 miles 310°2024-05-21 13:02:39 FEDERAL CHURCHILL3.5 miles 356°2024-06-05 10:36:40
SLOMAN DISPATCHER3.9 miles 347°2024-05-15 04:48:11 MSC MAGNIFICA3.9 miles 275°2024-06-07 18:19:43
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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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