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AIS vessel POLAR ROCK - show graphs
Callsign: PDCS
MMSI number: 246651000
IMO number: 985344
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: PTVDC (ETA Sep05 05:00)
Location: 53°44.03' N 6°22.70' E - locator JO33ER56JC - show map
26.7 km Northwest bearing 310° from Borkum, Lower Saxony, Germany [?]
41.3 km West bearing 278° from Juist, Lower Saxony, Germany
58.5 km North bearing 348° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
136.0 km Northwest bearing 298° from Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Last position: 2025-09-10 05:01:12 UTC (6d 14m ago)
2025-09-10 07:01:12 CEST local time at Borkum, Germany [?]
Course: 75° – heading 75°
Speed: 20 km/h
Dimensions: length 114 m width 16 m draught 4.9 m
Last path: PDCS>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 24122
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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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