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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: MAINZ
Location: 50°14.90' N 7°38.72' E - locator JO30TF79KO - show map
413.6 yards Southwest bearing 242° from Spay, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany [?]
1.3 miles East bearing 95° from Osterspai, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
46.8 miles West bearing 282° from Frankfurt am Main, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
56.3 miles Southeast bearing 147° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2024-04-29 02:44:30 EDT (47d 10h47m ago)
2024-04-29 08:44:30 CEST local time at Spay, Germany [?]
Course: 236° – heading 236°
Speed: 5 MPH
Dimensions: length 103 m width 9 m draught 2.6 m
Last path: DA8248>ais via DG8JT
Positions stored: 31099
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ALLIANCE26.9 yards 7°2024-06-01 10:32:28 BAYERISCHER WALD30.6 yards 38°2024-06-09 01:09:01
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ARIANE47.7 yards 246°2024-06-06 02:57:51 AMINA57.0 yards 238°2024-05-26 07:36:58
DUC IN ALTUM58.0 yards 51°2024-06-09 02:09:28 BOTTICELLI61.7 yards 242°2024-06-12 16:22:03
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RITRABO66.1 yards 238°2024-06-06 00:16:35 PANERAI67.1 yards 63°2024-06-06 11:46:48
ERIK WALTHER76.7 yards 234°2024-06-09 11:28:26 AHEAD79.3 yards 337°2024-06-13 13:21:16
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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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