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AIS vessel ELBWIND - show graphs
Callsign: 5BNL5
MMSI number: 210017000
IMO number: 483334
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: DENOK
Location: 53°45.52' N 6°23.80' E - locator JO33ES72OC - show map
27.7 km Northwest bearing 316° from Borkum, Lower Saxony, Germany [?]
40.5 km West bearing 282° from Juist, Lower Saxony, Germany
61.0 km North bearing 349° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
136.2 km Northwest bearing 300° from Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Last position: 2025-12-15 07:20:12 UTC (18h44m ago)
2025-12-15 08:20:12 CET local time at Borkum, Germany [?]
Course: 74.5° – heading 76°
Speed: 27 km/h
Dimensions: length 151 m width 23 m draught 8.5 m
Last path: 5BNL5>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 137994
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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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