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AIS vessel VORTEX - show graphs
Callsign: PC2351
MMSI number: 244670496
IMO number: 853266
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: STAUBING
Location: 51°43.75' N 7°25.78' E - locator JO31RR14NX - show map
2.4 miles Northeast bearing 32° from Olfen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
4.7 miles Northeast bearing 25° from Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
26.2 miles Northeast bearing 42° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
58.7 miles North bearing 20° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2024-05-30 07:38:42 EDT (3d 18h34m ago)
2024-05-30 13:38:42 CEST local time at Olfen, Germany [?]
Course: 28° – heading 511°
Speed: 6 MPH
Dimensions: length 100 m width 10 m draught 1.3 m
Last path: PC2351>ais via do1dbs
Positions stored: 50079
Stations near current position of VORTEX - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
EILTANK 3813.6 yards 26°2024-05-30 02:23:01 BELLATOR29.9 yards 13°2024-06-01 12:26:41
EMTE57.5 yards 14°2024-05-17 03:10:27 MELBOURNE67.9 yards 204°2024-06-02 10:36:24
VIVARIUM164.3 yards 21°2024-06-02 03:23:26 BALGE165.1 yards 21°2024-05-31 07:38:13
MEGANTIC170.4 yards 22°2024-05-17 06:09:32 ISOLA186.5 yards 205°2024-06-01 03:27:51
HELENA JANTINE230.6 yards 210°2024-05-31 11:53:00 SHALONA237.0 yards 20°2024-06-01 06:40:45
TARKANA262.0 yards 23°2024-06-02 07:16:30 MERKUR289.7 yards 21°2024-06-02 05:27:18
KLADI298.1 yards 211°2024-05-30 18:13:25 BERNHARD DETTMER302.2 yards 209°2024-06-02 08:15:24
BRUINVIS329.3 yards 209°2024-05-30 07:06:25 COSMOS337.0 yards 18°2024-06-02 02:01:37
MOCA357.4 yards 19°2024-05-31 05:49:09 ALLEGRIA0.4 miles 11°2024-06-01 03:53:07
HEDY JAEGERS0.4 miles 11°2024-05-30 10:28:17 SURCOUF0.4 miles 11°2024-06-01 10:51:55
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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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