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AIS vessel HERKULES XII - show graphs
Callsign: DC50
MMSI number: 211476070
IMO number: 160449
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: DINTELHAVEN
Location: 51°04.88' N 6°51.16' E - locator JO31KB29HM - show map
6.8 km North bearing 21° from Sinnersdorf, Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
9.8 km North bearing 22° from Pulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
17.8 km North bearing 338° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
42.5 km South bearing 196° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2025-03-13 23:19:53 UTC (1h36m ago)
2025-03-14 00:19:53 CET local time at Sinnersdorf, Germany [?]
Course: 173.400009° – heading 511°
Speed: 10 km/h
Dimensions: length 185 m width 23 m draught 4.0 m
Last path: DC50>ais via DG8JT
Positions stored: 335661
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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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