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AIS vessel RHENUS ESSEN - show graphs
Callsign: DF4903
MMSI number: 211882390
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: (99)
Destination: RDAM BOTTROP RDAM
Location: 51°34.92' N 6°35.89' E - locator JO31HN19SQ - show map
5.6 km East bearing 91° from Alpen, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
9.5 km South bearing 188° from Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
76.1 km North bearing 341° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
146.3 km Southeast bearing 126° from Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-02-16 09:40:53 UTC (2d 10h23m ago)
2025-02-16 10:40:53 CET local time at Alpen, Germany [?]
Course: 4° – heading 8°
Speed: 21 km/h
Dimensions: length 185 m width 10 m draught 2.7 m
Last path: DF4903>ais via ak4nv
Positions stored: 6044
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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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