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AIS vessel VB SAMBA - show graphs
Callsign: ORTL
MMSI number: 205113000
IMO number: 809954
Navigational status: Undefined/default (15)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: PORT OPERATIONS (ETA Jan21 07:00)
Location: 51°19.77' N 3°11.84' E - locator JO11OH39QB - show map
0.7 miles East bearing 87° from Zeebrugge, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium [?]
3.3 miles Southwest bearing 245° from Knokke-Heist, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
59.9 miles Northwest bearing 304° from Brussels, (Bruxelles-Capitale), Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
102.0 miles Southwest bearing 226° from Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2024-10-25 00:24:37 EDT (2h54m ago)
2024-10-25 06:24:37 CEST local time at Zeebrugge, Belgium [?]
Course: 339.0° – heading 252°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 32 m width 13 m draught 5.9 m
Last path: ORTL>ais via GM7HHB
Positions stored: 312
Stations near current position of VB SAMBA - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
VB SOUTHAMPTON26.0 yards 339°2024-10-25 02:26:37 LIAM-P246.2 yards 318°2024-10-24 18:30:32
DN97309.9 yards 54°2024-10-24 23:04:33 J BREYDEL PILOT 1429.0 yards 38°2024-10-24 15:16:32
FUGRO SEEKER0.4 miles 342°2024-10-24 12:28:32 BELGICA0.5 miles 7°2024-10-25 00:31:37
Z510 DENNIS0.5 miles 155°2024-10-24 19:44:32 ON7EQ-100.5 miles 145°2024-10-25 03:05:11
VB FLANDES0.6 miles 1°2024-10-25 03:04:37 LONGSTONE0.6 miles 352°2024-10-24 16:08:28
BNS CROCUS0.6 miles 34°2024-10-24 14:03:32 RCC PRESTIGE0.7 miles 117°2024-10-24 22:57:33
P901 BNS CASTOR0.7 miles 28°2024-10-24 03:59:31 VB KOALA0.8 miles 8°2024-10-25 01:48:37
IONA0.9 miles 25°2024-10-25 03:04:37 AUTO ASPIRE0.9 miles 72°2024-10-24 12:23:32
RIO0.9 miles 74°2024-10-25 02:24:37 SEA CRUISER 20.9 miles 75°2024-10-24 22:31:33
ASTURIAS0.9 miles 77°2024-10-23 07:03:24 HERITAGE LEADER1.0 miles 77°2024-10-24 18:39:32
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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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