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AIS vessel THEODOR ESSBERGER - show graphs
Callsign: CQAD8
MMSI number: 255806146
IMO number: 403906
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: GIGIB (ETA Dec28 16:30)
Location: 53°26.77' N 4°43.32' E - locator JO23IK67PB - show map
28.6 km Northwest bearing 305° from Oost-Vlieland, Gemeente Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands [?]
34.0 km West bearing 287° from West-Terschelling, Gemeente Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands
119.7 km North bearing 355° from Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
124.0 km North bearing 345° from Almere Stad, Gemeente Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands
Last position: 2026-01-05 01:57:15 UTC (2d 21h10m ago)
2026-01-05 02:57:15 CET local time at Oost-Vlieland, Netherlands [?]
Course: 21° – heading 22°
Speed: 20 km/h
Dimensions: length 106 m width 17 m draught 5.1 m
Last path: CQAD8>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 59250
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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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