Callsign:	DG8979
MMSI number:	211768910
IMO number:	362081
Navigational status:	Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class:	Cargo (79)
Destination:	PLOCHINGEN
Location:	51°43.78' N 7°25.81' E - locator JO31RR15OD - show map 7.7 km Northeast bearing 25° from Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?] 10.9 km North bearing 11° from Waltrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 42.2 km Northeast bearing 42° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 94.6 km North bearing 20° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position:	2025-12-07 08:55:20 UTC (1h41m ago) 2025-12-07 09:55:20 CET local time at Datteln, Germany [?]
Course:	24.800001° – heading 511°
Speed:	11 km/h
Dimensions:	length 85 m width 10 m draught 2.6 m
Last path:	DG8979>ais via DA1VID
Positions stored:	20307

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.