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AIS vessel AAL MERKUR - show graphs
Callsign: A8WI4
MMSI number: 636016912
IMO number: 509695
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: TNZRZ
Location: 35°43.58' N 11°57.81' E - locator JM55XR54OH - show map
39.5 miles Northwest bearing 293° from Lampedusa, Provincia di Agrigento, Sicily, Italy [?]
52.8 miles East bearing 73° from Mahdia, Al Mahdīyah, Tunisia
74.6 miles East bearing 95° from Sousse, Sūsah, Tunisia
96.1 miles Northeast bearing 45° from Sfax, Şafāqis, Tunisia
Last position: 2025-01-18 23:08:23 EST (10d 12h20m ago)
2025-01-19 05:08:23 CET local time at Lampedusa, Italy [?]
Course: 166° – heading 165°
Speed: 14 MPH
Dimensions: length 180 m width 28 m draught 7.4 m
Last path: A8WI4>ais via ir9zxa
Positions stored: 12928
Stations near current position of AAL MERKUR - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
KEREM1.6 miles 154°2025-01-19 22:08:13 YAMILAH-III3.5 miles 34°2025-01-01 08:31:13
FINOLA M4.2 miles 216°2025-01-16 22:40:06 IRYDA9.1 miles 340°2025-01-07 05:32:06
LADY HATICE9.4 miles 328°2024-12-31 13:10:10 MRC SEMIRAMIS9.5 miles 237°2025-01-11 03:19:05
GAZ UNITED10.2 miles 242°2025-01-03 02:59:48 JAZZ13.0 miles 139°2025-01-28 17:40:33
GRIMSTAD14.3 miles 152°2025-01-28 19:10:02 KATREN17.7 miles 337°2025-01-10 09:20:50
S.CROCIFISSO17.9 miles 115°2025-01-27 05:09:01 JAGUAR19.7 miles 22°2025-01-29 10:46:10
TIARA19.9 miles 336°2025-01-28 22:44:17 MISK M22.1 miles 291°2025-01-28 08:03:21
NUOVO VINCENZO PADR24.9 miles 106°2025-01-09 09:29:53 EL HANCHA25.8 miles 261°2025-01-22 17:43:39
M/V ASHTART26.1 miles 302°2025-01-28 04:31:06 PALERMO NOSTRA27.1 miles 110°2025-01-27 05:36:26
PRINCESS MARIAM31.9 miles 82°2025-01-23 11:44:01 LAMPEDUSA34.6 miles 114°2025-01-28 07:07:57
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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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