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AIS vessel VB SAMBA - show graphs
Callsign: ORTL
MMSI number: 205113000
IMO number: 809954
Navigational status: Undefined/default (15)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: PORT OPERATIONS (ETA Jan21 07:00)
Location: 51°19.75' N 3°11.85' E - locator JO11OH39QA - show map
0.7 miles East bearing 89° from Zeebrugge, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium [?]
3.3 miles Southwest bearing 244° from Knokke-Heist, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
59.9 miles Northwest bearing 304° from Brussels, (Bruxelles-Capitale), Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
102.0 miles Southwest bearing 226° from Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2024-11-07 23:51:48 EST (4h13m ago)
2024-11-08 05:51:48 CET local time at Zeebrugge, Belgium [?]
Course: 0° – heading 82°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 32 m width 13 m draught 5.9 m
Last path: ORTL>ais via G7OCD
Positions stored: 344
Stations near current position of VB SAMBA - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
VB FLANDES31.0 yards 348°2024-11-07 00:13:15 VB SOUTHAMPTON68.7 yards 346°2024-11-07 22:16:14
UNION PANDA108.5 yards 344°2024-10-28 03:16:45 VB KOALA146.6 yards 344°2024-10-28 00:51:45
LIAM-P272.9 yards 322°2024-10-28 02:35:45 DN97324.2 yards 49°2024-10-28 01:20:45
SC AMETHYST377.7 yards 37°2024-11-07 22:02:00 J BREYDEL PILOT 1450.4 yards 34°2024-10-27 21:38:44
LONGSTONE481.3 yards 318°2024-11-08 00:57:53 BELGICA0.5 miles 6°2024-10-27 16:49:36
MFV O51 STORMVOGEL0.5 miles 153°2024-11-07 21:53:52 ON7EQ-100.5 miles 144°2024-11-08 03:51:50
MULTRATUG 30.5 miles 157°2024-11-08 01:09:04 P901 BNS CASTOR0.7 miles 27°2024-10-24 03:59:31
NORBANK0.8 miles 328°2024-11-07 20:52:51 VB BOLERO0.9 miles 83°2024-10-28 00:13:45
INVENTORY0.9 miles 52°2024-10-27 20:37:44 SPN-011.0 miles 22°2024-10-27 00:48:30
NORTHSTAR1.0 miles 15°2024-10-25 03:41:37 Base station1.0 miles 69°2024-10-28 03:10:45
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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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