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AIS vessel SOFIA EXPRESS - show graphs
Callsign: 5LQE3
MMSI number: 636093286
IMO number: 450404
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: DEBRV>BEANR
Location: 53°34.80' N 5°04.57' E - locator JO23MN99DF - show map
26.2 km North bearing 340° from West-Terschelling, Gemeente Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands [?]
31.4 km North bearing 0° from Oost-Vlieland, Gemeente Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands
106.6 km Northwest bearing 293° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
136.7 km Northwest bearing 331° from Zwolle, Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-09-16 03:51:37 UTC (11h54m ago)
2025-09-16 05:51:37 CEST local time at West-Terschelling, Netherlands [?]
Course: 252° – heading 258°
Speed: 10 km/h
Dimensions: length 335 m width 42 m draught 8.9 m
Last path: 5LQE3>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 9738
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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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