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AIS vessel ESSENCE - show graphs
Callsign: PBNL
MMSI number: 244238000
IMO number: 9491496
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (71)
Destination: LTKLJ VIA NOK
Location: 53°40.36' N 5°56.23' E - locator JO23XQ21LK - show map
27.5 km Northeast bearing 23° from Nes, Gemeente Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands [?]
32.6 km Northeast bearing 37° from Hollum, Gemeente Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands
65.4 km Northwest bearing 321° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
140.2 km Northeast bearing 34° from Alkmaar, Gemeente Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-02-18 17:33:02 UTC (2h44m ago)
2025-02-18 18:33:02 CET local time at Nes, Netherlands [?]
Course: 75° – heading 77°
Speed: 26 km/h
Dimensions: length 168 m width 26 m draught 9.0 m
Persons on board: 15 (2019-08-17 02:55:59 UTC – 2012d 17h21m ago)
Last path: PBNL>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 67308
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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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