Inexpensive equipment can be used to disrupt vessel-tracking systems and important communications between ships and port authorities, according to two security researchers. During the Hack in the Box ...

In the past few years, commercial shipping vessels have been required to broadcast a vessel position “transponder” similar to those used by aircraft. The system used is called AIS (Automatic ...

December to facilitate discussion on this issue. vessels that are on international voyages. also required to have AIS when they are operating in U.S. Vessel Traffic ...

Offshore installation services company Subsea 7 said Wednesday that its heavy construction/flex-lay vessel Seven Arctic would be equipped with a new energy-saving system. The new energy-saving and ...

An ongoing disinformation campaign is causing a worldwide ship location and navigation system to falsely identify the whereabouts of western warships. The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is ...

GPS and AIS interference disrupts navigation for more than 1,100 ships in Arabian Gulf. Find the latest news from the maritime industry on the PortNews website.

While cruise ship season is making Miami and other seaports very busy right now, new tech solutions can more easily track ship traffic in busy areas. With the cold weather descending upon the northern ...

August 23, 2021: Over the last few years there have been increasing incidents of tampering with AIS (Automated Identification System) ship tracker transponders. After 2000 a series of international ...