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AIS vessel VARIANT - show graphs
Callsign: PD2493
MMSI number: 244700275
IMO number: 281786
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: MULHEIM
Location: 51°18.79' N 6°44.00' E - locator JO31IH85AE - show map
8.3 miles South bearing 185° from Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
10.1 miles South bearing 159° from Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
15.4 miles Southwest bearing 232° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
27.9 miles North bearing 340° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2025-01-19 04:51:30 EST (23h3m ago)
2025-01-19 10:51:30 CET local time at Duisburg, Germany [?]
Course: 183.4° – heading 511°
Speed: 6 MPH
Dimensions: length 135 m width 11 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: PD2493>ais via ak4nv
Positions stored: 49517
Stations near current position of VARIANT - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
COSWIG57.6 yards 129°2025-01-17 06:01:10 P55 753164.4 yards 157°2025-01-06 04:55:28
NECKARTAL182.4 yards 32°2025-01-18 18:00:45 TRINIDAD190.2 yards 139°2025-01-18 02:26:23
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE211.4 yards 120°2025-01-18 22:14:58 M68 302253.5 yards 33°2025-01-06 08:59:29
TORTUGA284.4 yards 57°2025-01-20 03:53:35 BRINJAL310.1 yards 13°2025-01-17 01:16:29
WSP 13325.1 yards 163°2025-01-19 10:02:37 ALFA MEA343.5 yards 173°2025-01-17 10:38:44
RODORT-10366.6 yards 3°2025-01-16 12:13:23 TIJDGEEST373.3 yards 147°2025-01-19 23:45:26
VOLHARDING 5408.6 yards 147°2025-01-19 14:16:56 76Y 253422.8 yards 158°2025-01-04 05:07:31
TMS PIA454.5 yards 151°2025-01-19 06:13:51 ANNAPURNA506.3 yards 4°2025-01-19 12:08:45
P75 110515.6 yards 162°2025-01-04 07:41:02 CAYA0.3 miles 158°2025-01-19 09:32:07
AM-VOYAGER0.3 miles 162°2025-01-19 06:58:36 WSP 110.3 miles 15°2025-01-17 06:22:31
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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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