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AIS vessel GERDA - show graphs
Callsign: 5BWX5
MMSI number: 210332000
IMO number: 432232
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo, carrying hazard/pollutant cat C (73)
Destination: DEBRV (ETA Dec10 19:00)
Location: 54°21.93' N 10°08.51' E - locator JO54BI77AR - show map
3.8 km West bearing 268° from Heikendorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [?]
3.9 km South bearing 172° from Altenholz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
88.8 km North bearing 2° from Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
91.1 km North bearing 6° from Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Last position: 2026-01-10 18:18:41 UTC (12h1m ago)
2026-01-10 19:18:41 CET local time at Heikendorf, Germany [?]
Course: 100.0° – heading 105°
Speed: 1 km/h
Dimensions: length 168 m width 27 m draught 7.4 m
Persons on board: 18 (2024-08-06 22:34:16 UTC – 522d 7h46m ago)
Last path: 5BWX5>ais via IC8HFW
Positions stored: 184687
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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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