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AIS vessel MEERKATZE - show graphs
Callsign: DBFX
MMSI number: 218762000
IMO number: 9421245
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Law enforcement (55)
Destination: FISHERY PATROL GB
Location: 53°43.93' N 6°41.74' E - locator JO33IR35LR - show map
16.8 km North bearing 1° from Borkum, Lower Saxony, Germany [?]
20.7 km West bearing 285° from Juist, Lower Saxony, Germany
57.6 km North bearing 8° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
117.7 km Northwest bearing 303° from Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Last position: 2025-12-10 09:09:56 UTC (2d 13h40m ago)
2025-12-10 10:09:56 CET local time at Borkum, Germany [?]
Course: 310° – heading 297°
Speed: 2 km/h
Dimensions: length 72 m width 12 m draught 5.2 m
Last path: DBFX>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 22022
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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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