By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY, May 31 (Reuters) - Panama's Maritime Authority said it will impose sanctions on vessels, including fines of up to $10,000 and withdrawing its flag from the ship, if they deliberately deactivate, tamper or alter the operation of their tracking transponders. "This General Directorate of Merchant Marine will impose sanctions to all those Panamanian … [Read more...]
Flawed Bridge Technology Set The USS McCain Up For Disaster
By T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, Robert Faturechi and Agnes Chang (ProPublica) Dakota Bordeaux had rarely traveled outside his home state of Oklahoma before he joined the Navy in February 2017. He’d certainly never seen the ocean. But only four months later, Bordeaux was standing at the helm of the USS John S. McCain, steering the 8,300-ton destroyer through the western … [Read more...]
United States Wants Ships to Keep Their AIS On
By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - The United States wants all ships to keep their tracking transponders on to cut down on illicit activity and smuggling, and to increase transparency with movements of ships around the world, a senior State Department official told Reuters. Automatic identification systems trackers are the most accessible way of observing … [Read more...]
LNG Carrier Collides with VLCC Off Fujairah, UAE – AIS Animation
A Shipping Corporation of India LNG carrier collided with a very large crude carrier at a Fujairah anchorage in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday evening, resulting a major damage to the oil tanker. AIS video of the accident shows the 155,000 cbm, Maltese-flagged LNG carrier Aseem struck the port side of the 281,400 dwt, Hong Kong-flagged Shinyo Ocean as … [Read more...]
Watch: AIS Animation Shows Just How Close the Viking Sky Cruise Ship Came to Disaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy7J8JvIcjw An animation of the Viking Sky's AIS ship tracking shows just how close the cruise came to disaster after losing power along the west coast of Norway on Saturday. The ship had almost 1,400 passengers and crew on board when it suffered engine failure as it sailed in stormy weather in the Hustadvika, an infamous … [Read more...]