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Callsign: LAPP8
MMSI number: 257892000
IMO number: 197284
Navigational status: At anchor (1)
Vessel class: (0)
Destination: USHOU
Location: 51°24.42' N 2°36.11' E - locator JO11HJ27FQ - show map
29.0 km Northwest bearing 328° from Middelkerke, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium [?]
29.7 km Northwest bearing 314° from Oostende, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
136.6 km Northwest bearing 298° from Brussels, (Bruxelles-Capitale), Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
138.4 km Southwest bearing 238° from Den Haag, Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage, South Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-09-07 10:59:54 UTC (13d 10h33m ago)
2025-09-07 12:59:54 CEST local time at Middelkerke, Belgium [?]
Course: 251° – heading 44°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 182 m width 32 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: LAPP8>ais via G7OCD
Positions stored: 8901
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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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