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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: WAALHAVEN
Location: 51°28.08' N 6°43.03' E - locator JO31IL62BH - show map
4.5 km Northwest bearing 329° from Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
5.1 km Northeast bearing 67° from Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
20.8 km West bearing 276° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
61.6 km North bearing 345° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2025-03-05 23:52:46 UTC (21s ago)
2025-03-06 00:52:46 CET local time at Duisburg, Germany [?]
Course: 307.9° – heading 511°
Speed: 18 km/h
Dimensions: length 185 m width 23 m draught 4.0 m
Last path: DC50>ais via ak4nv
Positions stored: 335369
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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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