The AIS is a safety feature, described by the U.S. Coast Guard as "foremost a navigational tool for collision avoidance," that is a mandatory for all ships carrying passengers and any cargo ...

From July 1, 2002 the IMO, under the SOLAS Chapter V Convention, initiated the requirement for ships to carry AIS, by 2008 it will be mandatory for all vessels greater than 300 gt.

Long before a ship is within eye sight of Newport Harbor, a radio signal alerts a computer in a small, one-room office 20 miles away in Warren, R.I. that it's approaching. That information is then ...

A key feature of the BridgeMaster E radar is that it interfaces with the ship's AIS transponder via a simple IEC61162-2 serial cable link without the need for any additional pre-processor unit.

Under a United Nations maritime resolution signed by nearly 200 nations in 2015, all large ships must carry and operate satellite transponders, known as automatic identification systems, or AIS ...

The Automatic Identification System (AIS)—which most commercial and military ships rely on—is designed to show the ships' locations for safety purposes.

A Panamanian ship called the Tiuna was the first fishing boat they identified going dark. In October 2014, the vessel was transmitting AIS data on the western boundary of the Galápagos Marine ...

My InsiderThe Automatic Identification System (AIS) — which relies on ships to send data to stations along the coastline or via satellites — has witnessed a plunge in the signals it receives ...