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AIS vessel NELSON - show graphs
Callsign: HGQS
MMSI number: 243071719
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: ROTERDAM
Location: 50°43.82' N 7°06.76' E - locator JO30NR35MG - show map
949.2 m East bearing 110° from Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
6.8 km East bearing 93° from Alfter, Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
25.3 km Southeast bearing 153° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
130.4 km Northwest bearing 302° from Frankfurt am Main, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Last position: 2025-02-19 16:32:07 UTC (9h40m ago)
2025-02-19 17:32:07 CET local time at Bonn, Germany [?]
Course: 339.800018° – heading 511°
Speed: 18 km/h
Dimensions: length 185 m width 12 m draught 2.3 m
Last path: HGQS>ais via DG8JT
Positions stored: 5221
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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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