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AIS vessel MERLIN - show graphs
Callsign: DA8248
MMSI number: 211169260
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: BERCHING
Location: 50°14.98' N 7°38.83' E - locator JO30TF79PW - show map
228.2 yards West bearing 262° from Spay, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany [?]
1.3 miles East bearing 91° from Osterspai, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
46.7 miles West bearing 282° from Frankfurt am Main, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
56.2 miles Southeast bearing 147° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2025-01-20 02:08:04 EST (10d 6h14m ago)
2025-01-20 08:08:04 CET local time at Spay, Germany [?]
Course: 225° – heading 225°
Speed: 6 MPH
Dimensions: length 103 m width 9 m draught 2.5 m
Last path: DA8248>ais via DG8JT
Positions stored: 32701
Stations near current position of MERLIN - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
POSSIDI37.3 yards 121°2025-01-27 06:29:53 JOSINA48.6 yards 68°2025-01-28 22:38:01
SCHAUENBURG52.7 yards 68°2025-01-09 02:23:12 ORANJE NASSAU VI54.5 yards 76°2025-01-30 04:39:11
SCHWELGERN57.7 yards 73°2025-01-30 07:05:15 CAYA69.9 yards 200°2025-01-23 01:22:43
AMADEUS SILVER 2131.1 yards 54°2025-01-08 00:32:20 MAIN131.3 yards 213°2025-01-28 06:00:47
MONIKA DEYMANN138.4 yards 51°2025-01-30 02:03:03 SQUARE141.2 yards 212°2025-01-29 09:42:56
CLAUDIA V144.1 yards 58°2025-01-27 17:44:45 DEO JUVANTE168.3 yards 62°2025-01-27 10:56:50
SPESSART190.3 yards 215°2025-01-29 08:17:19 FENDI196.0 yards 215°2025-01-28 02:54:26
KALLISTO196.7 yards 25°2025-01-27 06:24:50 BALGE205.3 yards 225°2025-01-27 13:22:52
WSP 17217.7 yards 222°2025-01-30 03:23:38 BOPPARD242.9 yards 48°2024-12-31 21:30:57
VENEZIA246.0 yards 45°2025-01-25 05:24:26 LYAEMER269.0 yards 221°2025-01-30 01:02:37
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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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