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AIS vessel MERCATOR - show graphs
Callsign: DC8072
MMSI number: 211191520
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: HAMBURG (ETA ***00 00:00)
Location: 53°31.28' N 9°57.43' E - locator JO43XM45UC - show map
2.6 km Southwest bearing 246° from Kleiner Grasbrook, Hamburg, Germany [?]
4.3 km Southwest bearing 222° from Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
6.3 km North bearing 344° from Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
91.0 km Northeast bearing 57° from Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Last position: 2025-11-07 01:32:14 UTC (6h35m ago)
2025-11-07 02:32:14 CET local time at Kleiner Grasbrook, Germany [?]
Course: 360.0° – heading 511°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 0 m width 0 m draught 2.2 m
Last path: DC8072>ais via IC8HFW
Positions stored: 46394
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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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