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AIS vessel BIT FORCE - show graphs
Callsign: PCXW
MMSI number: 244813000
IMO number: 256420
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: FIPOR>NLRTM VIA NOK
Location: 53°39.14' N 5°23.34' E - locator JO23QP66QN - show map
28.8 km Northwest bearing 325° from Hollum, Gemeente Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands [?]
34.6 km North bearing 19° from West-Terschelling, Gemeente Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands
91.6 km Northwest bearing 302° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
121.2 km North bearing 20° from Alkmaar, Gemeente Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-02-18 04:13:14 UTC (16h30m ago)
2025-02-18 05:13:14 CET local time at Hollum, Netherlands [?]
Course: 252.400009° – heading 250°
Speed: 25 km/h
Dimensions: length 117 m width 18 m draught 6.0 m
Last path: PCXW>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 42390
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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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