West Club: 3 tips to improve the use of AIS
West of England P&I Club's Emma Forbes-Gearey, Loss Prevention Officer, provides three practical steps to promote better Automatic Identification System (AIS) use.
Read moreWest of England P&I Club's Emma Forbes-Gearey, Loss Prevention Officer, provides three practical steps to promote better Automatic Identification System (AIS) use.
Read moreAccording to a new complaint, the UK capital’s insurance industry is partly to blame when fishing vessels “go dark” at sea by turning off their mandatory satellite tracking equipment.
Read moreNew research displays intentional disabling of automatic identification system devices to provide insights into illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activity.
Read moreThe Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate published a Marine Safety Information Bulletin to inform mariners of newly published technical standard addressing LED radio interference to maritime VHF radio and AIS.
Read moreGregor Stevens, Master Mariner, Senior Marine Advisor, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), mentions that one of the key root causes of navigation failure is a lack of situational awareness; reliance on electronic navigation aids is not enough and only if combined with proper look-out, crew members onboard can achieve full appraisal of the situation.
Read moreRightShip launched its new Maritime Emissions Portal (MEP), to help ports and terminal operators accelerate ship-based emissions reductions initiatives with more accurate and granular data.
Read moreThe U.S. Maritime Administration informs that there have been reported GPS interference incidents in various locations around the world, especially in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Read moreBIMCO issued a new charter party clause to help tackle potential abuse by sanctions busters of the AIS which is mandatory for all ships to use under SOLAS regulations.
Read moreSpace-powered data and analytics company, Spire Global and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) reached an agreement so as to provide global AIS data and support the Agency via it’s EU Member States.
Read moreUK MCA ran a consultation and concluded to a new method by which passenger numbers and passenger information is required to be transmitted; By December 20 2023, for vessels to which the regulations apply, passenger numbers must be reported digitally to the relevant authorities either via the National Single Window (‘NSW’) or via the ship’s Automatic Identification System (‘AIS’).
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