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Interesting
So what is an IMO Number anyway?
Wikipedia tells us “The IMO number is made of the three letters ‘IMO’followed by the seven-digit number assigned to all ships by IHS Fairplay when constructed. This is a unique seven digit number that is...
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Uncategorized
First Radio Distress Signal?
The first RADIO DISTRESS SIGNAL was transmitted from the East Goodwin Lightship on 17 March 1899 when the merchant vessel Elbe ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. The message was...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Ship AIS Tracking Via Satellite
Kongsberg Simrad announced a partnership with Norway to bring Automatic Identification System, AIS, ship tracking beyond its current line of sight (approximately 40 mile) range. With a target date of 2009...
Friday, June 26, 2009
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Navy
Twitter Clone Hunts Down Somali Pirates
We have already seen how the Red Cross and United States Coast Guard has successfully implemented Twitter in their effort to dissimenate information and update participants during times of emergency....
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Video
AIDD – The Dumb EPIRB
I stumbled upon this post while doing research for our EPIRB Failure series. It’s new distress system developed by researchers at John Hopkins University. Basically the unit is mounted with...
Friday, February 8, 2008
USCG
USCG TO Continue HF Weather Broadcasts
USCG Press Release 7 Feb 2008: Last April the Coast Guard asked for public comment on the need to continue broadcasting high frequency (HF) high seas weather forecasts for...