Callsign:	DF8553
MMSI number:	211894850
IMO number:	292175
Navigational status:	Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class:	(99)
Destination:	STEIN
Location:	51°11.20' N 6°46.71' E - locator JO31JE34JT - show map 9.1 km West bearing 249° from Erkrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?] 11.0 km West bearing 282° from Hilden, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 30.6 km Northwest bearing 337° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 33.6 km Southwest bearing 210° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position:	2025-07-10 04:22:36 UTC (18d 2h29m ago) 2025-07-10 06:22:36 CEST local time at Erkrath, Germany [?]
Course:	83° – heading 89°
Speed:	12 km/h
Dimensions:	length 110 m width 12 m draught 0.0 m
Last path:	DF8553>ais via DG8JT
Positions stored:	7688

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.