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AIS vessel ESSEX STAR - show graphs
Callsign: 9HDA9
MMSI number: 256809000
IMO number: 348297
Navigational status: At anchor (1)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: BE ANR (ETA Sep10 05:00)
Location: 51°20.35' N 2°34.71' E - locator JO11GI91JJ - show map
24.0 km Northwest bearing 316° from Middelkerke, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium [?]
25.1 km North bearing 351° from Koksijde, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
85.5 km Northwest bearing 293° from Gent, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
144.0 km Southwest bearing 236° from Den Haag, Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage, South Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-09-10 04:26:09 UTC (10d 12h21m ago)
2025-09-10 06:26:09 CEST local time at Middelkerke, Belgium [?]
Course: 337° – heading 186°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 145 m width 23 m draught 6.2 m
Last path: 9HDA9>ais via G8WLY
Positions stored: 171177
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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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