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New Solution Launched To Track Dark Shipping

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Spire Global, Inc., a provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, unveiled a dark shipping detection solution to track vessels that manipulate their reported position in order to conceal nefarious activities, says an article published on Marine Link.

Monitor individual

The Automatic Identification System (AIS) on a vessel helps avoid collisions at sea, track global shipping trends and monitor individual vessel activity; but crew members on board can...

https://mfame.guru/new-solution-launched-to-track-dark-shipping/

Vessels Collide, AIS Switched Off

Container ship and a Russian frigate collide in Danish waters, reports AP News.

What happened?

According to Denmark’s navy, a Russian frigate collided with a container ship (Marshall Islands-flagged) off Copenhagen. 

Thick fog?

Weather reports show that there was thick fog on Wednesday morning, in the area at the time of the collision.

Collision area

The Danish navy said the collision occurred in the southern part of the narrow Oresund straight between the Danish capital and southern Sweden, and was...

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Maritime industry’s need for digital transformation surfaces

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the need for seamless information flows among global maritime industry stakeholders to the surface.

“This COVID crisis has at least made one thing very clear,” said Jaco Voorspruij. During the rush to deliver personal protective equipment and toilet paper, “people make distinctions between essential and nonessential goods, meaning you need to know quite a lot of detail about the cargo. The maritime mode has struggled a lot to provide the information to those...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/maritime-industrys-need-for-digital-transformation-surfaces

European Space Agency Awards a Contract to CYSEC to Overcome Cyber Security Flaws!

  • A cyber risk solution based contract is awarded by the European Space Agency (ESA) to CYSEC.
  • Th contract aims at developing a solution mitigating the cyber risks related to ship tracking using satellite communication.
  • CYSEC SA has established a consortium to develop and test the potential solutions composed of U-blox.
  • CYSEC’s objective of securing maritime communications is a natural extension of its current activities in IoT and Space.
  • GNSS and AIS signals use satellites and are regarded as...

https://mfame.guru/european-space-agency-awards-a-contract-to-cysec-to-overcome-cyber-security-flaws/

FCC issues advisory on non-compliant AIS equipment

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Automatic identification system (AIS) is a navigation-communication tool designed to mitigate collisions and enhance situational awareness by exchanging real-time vessel navigation information autonomously and continuously.

However, according to U.S. Coast Guard officials, AIS equipment that is non-compliant with adopted international standards can confuse, degrade or even disrupt other users’ systems.

“In the last year, the Coast Guard has received various reports from perplexed AIS users who...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/fcc-issues-advisory-on-non-compliant-ais-equipment/