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AIS vessel VB GINGER - show graphs
Callsign: PBNZ
MMSI number: 245932000
IMO number: 507063
Navigational status: Restricted manoeuvrability (3)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: NLRTM
Location: 51°33.96' N 2°32.39' E - locator JO11GN45ST - show map
46.0 km Northwest bearing 326° from Oostende, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium [?]
46.6 km Northwest bearing 335° from Middelkerke, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
99.8 km Northwest bearing 306° from Gent, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
109.8 km North bearing 341° from Lille, Département du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Last position: 2025-06-19 09:25:00 UTC (64d 10h19m ago)
2025-06-19 11:25:00 CEST local time at Oostende, Belgium [?]
Course: 218° – heading 333°
Speed: 4 km/h
Dimensions: length 33 m width 12 m draught 5.6 m
Last path: PBNZ>ais via G7OCD
Positions stored: 66493
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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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