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AIS vessel AMETHYST - show graphs
Callsign: 5BXW4
MMSI number: 209223000
IMO number: 246918
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (89)
Destination: ES CEU > PT AVE
Location: 51°53.40' N 4°18.47' E - locator JO21DV63WO - show map
2.1 miles Southwest bearing 223° from Vlaardingen, Gemeente Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands [?]
4.0 miles Southwest bearing 240° from Schiedam, Gemeente Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands
41.5 miles Southwest bearing 217° from Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
71.8 miles North bearing 359° from Brussels, (Bruxelles-Capitale), Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
Last position: 2025-01-29 07:51:42 EST (1d 31m ago)
2025-01-29 13:51:42 CET local time at Vlaardingen, Netherlands [?]
Course: 156° – heading 163°
Speed: 6 MPH
Dimensions: length 93 m width 13 m draught 5.6 m
Last path: 5BXW4>ais via Southwood
Positions stored: 39009
Stations near current position of AMETHYST - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
FAIRPLAY 23132.3 yards 27°2025-01-30 08:21:05 SERVIO172.8 yards 20°2025-01-13 07:57:39
SFL BONAIRE174.1 yards 3°2025-01-30 08:21:05 VB TEXELBANK201.8 yards 13°2025-01-29 22:06:38
JACOBUS SR277.4 yards 32°2025-01-07 08:37:25 RVE 33421.1 yards 111°2025-01-07 03:40:48
AILENA453.6 yards 81°2025-01-06 09:18:37 CASA BLANCA461.6 yards 8°2025-01-09 00:11:12
VTS ROTTERDAM BOTLEK479.5 yards 94°2025-01-07 08:40:37 CALATRIA0.4 miles 314°2025-01-06 09:50:42
STOLT MAIN0.4 miles 94°2025-01-06 09:19:41 POLAR ROCK0.4 miles 52°2025-01-21 20:01:50
HEBO CAT 70.4 miles 179°2025-01-20 09:18:01 DA VINCI0.4 miles 99°2025-01-07 03:22:38
KRVE 800.4 miles 249°2025-01-04 17:00:14 PHILIPP ESSBERGER0.4 miles 244°2025-01-12 00:12:01
HENNING MAERSK0.4 miles 251°2025-01-07 05:00:07 HEBO-LIFT 100.4 miles 244°2025-01-22 11:10:06
BG ONYX0.4 miles 59°2025-01-30 01:02:22 AHOY ADAMAS0.4 miles 241°2025-01-06 03:54:13
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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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