AIS and tracking Boats and Yachts Do I need an AIS transmitter on my boat? Not everyone needs a boat tracker (an AIS transmitter). Those who go afloat only close to shore in uncongested waters, in daylight hours and in good visibility, can probably feel comfortable without one. However, the question that each boat owner…
BigOceanData and Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, have entered into a two-year agreement whereby BigOceanData will deliver vessel tracking services to Maersk Line. The initial system went live on 1 August 2016 and is already in use in operation centres around the world on both desktop and mobile devices. BigOceanData is now…
AIS and Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Articles and TV news reports on piracy has dropped off of late, and this is not surprising given that the annual number of pirate attacks is now at its lowest level for 21 years. Attacks off the coasts of east Africa (Somalia in particular) and Southeast Asia have fallen sharply…
We have received some good coverage in the press recently. Articles looking at BigOceanData and its capabilities have included: Maritime Executive http://bit.ly/2cbHYFX Splash247.com http://bit.ly/2ccndMv Splash247.com http://bit.ly/2c7UBTO Maritime Link http://bit.ly/2cpMlkf
We have added a number of new data feeds to the BOD interface. Notices to Mariners are now operational as a background service. By providing our clients with this data integrated into the BigOceanData interface our aim is to give fleet managers further information that enhances their on-the-water situational awareness and assists them in supervising…
It is widely accepted that when the Internet of Things (IoT) finally goes mainstream it will have huge implications for all aspects of commercial life. The maritime sector is likely to be no exception. To reprise on what the Internet of Things (IoT) actually promises, the concept is based on the realisation that almost any…
BigOceanData’s modern, web-based AIS vessel monitoring system and fleet management tools are now helping to track and report on up to 50 material container vessels at any one time that are inward bound to Singapore. The tender selection process was tough with the client demanding a very high standard to meet their need for a…
AIS and Security AIS is a vessel tracking and monitoring system that uses a combination of two, free-to-air communications networks; VHF radio and GPS. Both the position and vessel information is broadcast on the public airwaves and is free to everyone with the capability to receive it. So when it comes to a ship’s AIS…
History of AIS It’s not entirely clear who it was that came up with the first AIS vessel tracking and identification system, but like so much other technology that we take for granted these days, it came out of the introduction of GPS for civilian purposes, which achieved global coverage in the early 1990s. It…
AIS acronyms The global AIS vessel tracking and vessel identification system comes with its own set of technical terms and acronyms. Many people are probably asking “what is AIS” and “what’s live ship tracking”. To the non-professional user these can require time-consuming interpretation and online searches. Below is a cut-out-and-keep guide to those that we…