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AIS vessel VIOLETTA - show graphs
Callsign: CQAR8
MMSI number: 255806258
IMO number: 9344710
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: ANTWERP
Location: 53°46.03' N 4°45.42' E - locator JO23JS04UC - show map
54.5 km Northwest bearing 327° from West-Terschelling, Gemeente Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands [?]
56.3 km North bearing 338° from Oost-Vlieland, Gemeente Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands
93.7 km Northwest bearing 313° from Leeuwarden, Gemeente Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
134.2 km Northwest bearing 298° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-02-23 12:11:51 UTC (4d 16h11m ago)
2025-02-23 13:11:51 CET local time at West-Terschelling, Netherlands [?]
Course: 201° – heading 202°
Speed: 30 km/h
Dimensions: length 178 m width 27 m draught 11.0 m
Persons on board: 21 (2024-08-06 16:33:07 UTC – 205d 11h50m ago)
Last path: CQAR8>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 152800
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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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