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Callsign: PD4473
MMSI number: 244620934
IMO number: 503502
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: (99)
Destination: LUDWIGSHAFEN BASF B
Location: 51°21.69' N 6°39.35' E - locator JO31HI86QS - show map
8.7 km North bearing 355° from Meerbusch, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
15.2 km Northwest bearing 298° from Ratingen, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
26.9 km West bearing 249° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
51.8 km Northwest bearing 337° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2026-01-25 13:31:09 UTC (30s ago)
2026-01-25 14:31:09 CET local time at Meerbusch, Germany [?]
Course: 204.8° – heading 511°
Speed: 9 km/h
Dimensions: length 135 m width 12 m draught 1.5 m
Last path: PD4473>ais via ak4nv
Positions stored: 63584
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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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