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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: NL DOR > DK KAL
Location: 54°15.70' N 5°13.00' E - locator JO24OG52XT - show map
95.5 km North bearing 343° from Hollum, Gemeente Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands [?]
97.8 km North bearing 338° from Nes, Gemeente Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands
124.1 km North bearing 342° from Leeuwarden, Gemeente Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
145.9 km Northwest bearing 323° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-03-03 01:52:24 UTC (3d 2h17m ago)
2025-03-03 02:52:24 CET local time at Hollum, Netherlands [?]
Course: 21° – heading 22°
Speed: 16 km/h
Dimensions: length 93 m width 14 m draught 5.5 m
Last path: 5BXW4>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 39506
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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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