Callsign:	HE7494
MMSI number:	269057494
IMO number:	7002021
Navigational status:	Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class:	Passenger (69)
Destination:	KOLN
Location:	50°49.55' N 6°59.66' E - locator JO30LT98HE - show map 6.3 km East bearing 94° from Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?] 10.2 km Southeast bearing 119° from Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 12.4 km South bearing 165° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 69.4 km South bearing 181° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position:	2024-12-31 13:35:49 UTC (72d 10h18m ago) 2024-12-31 14:35:49 CET local time at Brühl, Germany [?]
Course:	276° – heading 273°
Speed:	25 km/h
Dimensions:	length 135 m width 12 m draught 1.7 m
Last path:	HE7494>ais via DG8JT
Positions stored:	16000

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.