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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: 52°58.35' N 4°01.95' E - locator JO22AX33VJ - show map
48.7 km West bearing 272° from Den Helder, Gemeente Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands [?]
51.9 km West bearing 260° from Den Burg, Gemeente Texel, North Holland, Netherlands
88.1 km Northwest bearing 319° from Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
120.5 km North bearing 346° from Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-02-04 15:54:28 UTC (9d 20h5m ago)
2025-02-04 16:54:28 CET local time at Den Helder, Netherlands [?]
Course: 228° – heading 225°
Speed: 21 km/h
Dimensions: length 178 m width 27 m draught 11.0 m
Persons on board: 21 (2024-08-06 16:33:07 UTC – 191d 19h27m ago)
Last path: CQAR8>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 152798
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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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