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AIS vessel HELGA ESSBERGER - show graphs
Callsign: CQAK2
MMSI number: 255806196
IMO number: 9172155
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: NL SLU (ETA 07241700)
Location: 54°33.14' N 10°30.33' E - locator JO54GN02PN - show map
18.1 km Northeast bearing 34° from Wisch, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [?]
19.3 km North bearing 14° from Stakendorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
112.7 km North bearing 13° from Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
116.2 km North bearing 16° from Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Last position: 2025-07-23 04:43:13 UTC (4d 9h55m ago)
2025-07-23 06:43:13 CEST local time at Wisch, Germany [?]
Course: 245° – heading 256°
Speed: 8 km/h
Dimensions: length 127 m width 20 m draught 6.9 m
Last path: CQAK2>ais via SY-Bilbo
Positions stored: 87515
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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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