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AIS vessel BENCKES - show graphs
Callsign: PD9512
MMSI number: 244710626
IMO number: 211535
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Location: 53°11.00' N 5°47.97' E - locator JO23VE54WA - show map
4.9 miles South bearing 173° from Britsum, Gemeente Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands [?]
5.7 miles South bearing 162° from Stiens, Gemeente Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
31.8 miles West bearing 266° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
67.6 miles Northeast bearing 34° from Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-02-06 12:40:26 EST (4s ago)
2025-02-06 18:40:26 CET local time at Britsum, Netherlands [?]
Course: 272.300018° – heading 269°
Speed: 3 MPH
Dimensions: length 110 m width 12 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: PD9512>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 85732
Stations near current position of BENCKES - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
PI2FRL255.5 yards 341°2025-02-06 12:35:02 ILSE-MARIE0.8 miles 276°2025-02-06 04:19:33
PE1OEZ-100.8 miles 316°2025-02-06 12:36:51 PE1OEZ-120.8 miles 317°2025-02-06 12:22:40
PE1OEZ-20.8 miles 317°2025-02-06 12:26:00 PD0FGQ-90.8 miles 198°2025-02-04 03:11:18
DEEP GREEN PURPLE0.9 miles 10°2025-01-30 04:06:02 SPECULANT1.0 miles 351°2025-02-06 12:38:54
VROUWE JACOBA1.1 miles 348°2025-02-04 14:35:17 PD1AQM-91.1 miles 349°2025-02-06 02:03:53
STANFRIES X1.1 miles 356°2025-01-30 04:24:50 HOOP OP WELVAART1.1 miles 343°2025-02-06 12:38:23
PC4AD-51.1 miles 72°2025-02-04 11:47:43 VREDE1.1 miles 328°2025-01-13 04:25:32
RES NOVA1.2 miles 16°2025-02-06 12:39:25 AALSCHOLVER1.2 miles 327°2025-02-06 12:38:23
VERWONDERING1.2 miles 338°2025-01-31 10:24:25 ALIDA1.2 miles 339°2025-02-06 12:36:20
MISTRAL1.2 miles 323°2025-02-06 12:40:26 MARE1.2 miles 279°2025-02-06 12:40:26
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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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