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AIS vessel HERKULES VIII - show graphs
Callsign: 253242471
MMSI number: 253242471
IMO number: 437907
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: (0)
Location: 51°27.27' N 6°43.72' E - locator JO31IK79KB - show map
1.7 miles Northwest bearing 328° from Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
3.4 miles East bearing 85° from Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
12.4 miles West bearing 272° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
37.2 miles North bearing 345° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2024-12-17 21:12:52 EST (23m55s ago)
2024-12-18 03:12:52 CET local time at Duisburg, Germany [?]
Course: 266.9° – heading 65°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 270 m width 81 m draught 2.1 m
Last path: 253242471>ais via ak4nv
Positions stored: 83042
Stations near current position of HERKULES VIII - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
VAN DYCK32.1 yards 168°2024-12-17 19:24:04 CURIOSITY104.0 yards 322°2024-12-17 05:06:58
MARGOT LA FILEUSE121.6 yards 323°2024-12-13 02:39:39 WERNER REICH146.3 yards 220°2024-12-17 21:35:14
TAMARIVA213.9 yards 192°2024-12-16 18:07:54 EILTANK 24214.9 yards 291°2024-12-17 21:35:14
ARQUERO277.2 yards 183°2024-11-20 06:16:54 HORIZON278.6 yards 330°2024-12-17 21:36:15
HUCKINGEN286.6 yards 159°2024-12-17 21:35:14 FRANZ HANIEL 14286.9 yards 157°2024-12-17 09:29:16
UNIVERS339.5 yards 12°2024-12-17 14:46:28 PROGRESS 1411.2 yards 160°2024-12-17 05:17:08
ACHELOOS412.2 yards 30°2024-12-17 21:36:15 MOEWE423.8 yards 33°2024-12-17 21:36:15
RHEINFELS428.2 yards 331°2024-12-13 20:55:01 DC1JAS-5463.9 yards 72°2024-11-19 04:00:09
EXCELLENCE BARONESS0.3 miles 167°2024-12-17 21:36:15 ARCHELLE0.3 miles 232°2024-12-17 01:22:15
RHENUS ESSEN0.3 miles 315°2024-12-16 13:09:53 PEGASUS0.4 miles 163°2024-12-17 21:35:14
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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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