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AIS vessel SOMTRANS XVII - show graphs
Callsign: PD4609
MMSI number: 244060298
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: (99)
Destination: GENT
Location: 51°41.17' N 6°28.26' E - locator JO31FQ64MQ - show map
2.6 km Northeast bearing 34° from Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
6.1 km Southwest bearing 211° from Mehrhoog, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
90.0 km North bearing 339° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
132.4 km Southeast bearing 125° from Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-09-12 01:16:46 UTC (2d 1h40m ago)
2025-09-12 03:16:46 CEST local time at Xanten, Germany [?]
Course: 348° – heading 511°
Speed: 19 km/h
Dimensions: length 110 m width 14 m draught 2.9 m
Last path: PD4609>ais via ak4nv
Positions stored: 178404
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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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