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AIS vessel VELA DARE - show graphs
Callsign: DC2189
MMSI number: 211182740
IMO number: 483346
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: ASCHACH/POESCHLARN
Location: 51°34.27' N 7°16.20' E - locator JO31PN27JC - show map
4.4 km Northeast bearing 57° from Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
10.0 km East bearing 109° from Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
22.1 km Northeast bearing 52° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
74.3 km North bearing 17° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2025-02-18 23:41:03 UTC (1m23s ago)
2025-02-19 00:41:03 CET local time at Herne, Germany [?]
Course: 190.800003° – heading 233°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 104 m width 14 m draught 1.2 m
Last path: DC2189>ais via do1dbs
Positions stored: 44038
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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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