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AIS vessel MERCATOR - show graphs
Callsign: PH4838
MMSI number: 244660727
IMO number: 893931
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: LOCHEM
Location: 51°42.19' N 7°17.83' E - locator JO31PQ58PS - show map
5.2 miles Northeast bearing 23° from Oer-Erkenschwick, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
7.3 miles Northeast bearing 35° from Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
21.2 miles Northeast bearing 34° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
55.2 miles North bearing 16° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2024-05-16 07:53:12 EDT (6d 17h23m ago)
2024-05-16 13:53:12 CEST local time at Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany [?]
Course: 317° – heading 312°
Speed: 6 MPH
Dimensions: length 82 m width 9 m draught 0.2 m
Last path: PH4838>ais via do1dbs
Positions stored: 31399
Stations near current position of MERCATOR - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
PONTIAC46.1 yards 135°2024-05-17 09:38:08 ANGUERA76.0 yards 136°2024-05-22 04:44:37
EUFEMIA97.5 yards 138°2024-05-21 12:16:26 OSAR97.6 yards 137°2024-05-21 12:50:46
DETTMER TANK 130184.6 yards 135°2024-05-20 09:52:28 AMY438.7 yards 138°2024-05-14 16:12:37
MARGARETHE0.3 miles 312°2024-05-20 03:54:06 SOMNIUM VIDERE0.3 miles 312°2024-05-21 00:31:52
GREENHORN0.4 miles 137°2024-05-01 09:47:41 REINMAR0.4 miles 137°2024-05-17 07:43:17
ANTI-LOPE0.4 miles 136°2024-05-21 06:19:23 DESEJO0.4 miles 136°2024-05-21 00:31:52
SIMUL PROFECTI0.5 miles 136°2024-05-18 03:56:06 PRIMO0.5 miles 136°2024-05-19 05:39:21
MONTE WYMPER0.6 miles 136°2024-05-15 00:37:34 MINTAKA0.6 miles 136°2024-05-13 02:01:08
PASAR0.6 miles 136°2024-05-22 04:35:31 ORAVA0.6 miles 136°2024-05-20 06:42:14
VALERIO0.6 miles 137°2024-04-28 08:43:05 HISLA0.6 miles 136°2024-05-20 04:13:53
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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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