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AIS vessel THEODOR ESSBERGER - show graphs
Callsign: CQAD8
MMSI number: 255806146
IMO number: 403906
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (89)
Destination: NLRTM
Location: 51°52.95' N 4°18.45' E - locator JO21DV61VT - show map
4.1 km Southwest bearing 215° from Vlaardingen, Gemeente Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands [?]
4.4 km North bearing 340° from Spijkenisse, Gemeente Spijkenisse, South Holland, Netherlands
67.5 km Southwest bearing 216° from Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
114.7 km North bearing 359° from Brussels, (Bruxelles-Capitale), Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
Last position: 2025-03-12 23:28:36 UTC (23h57m ago)
2025-03-13 00:28:36 CET local time at Vlaardingen, Netherlands [?]
Course: 194° – heading 199°
Speed: 6 km/h
Dimensions: length 106 m width 17 m draught 5.3 m
Last path: CQAD8>ais via Southwood
Positions stored: 50878
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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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