Maritime State of Play Report
The tactics employed in subterfuge shipping activities are continuously evolving to try and stay ahead. Although many of the tactics utilized have been previously described by regulators, they have since transformed or been taken to new extremes.
We will aim to discuss some of these evolutions within this paper to provide better transparency into what is and continues to be a convoluted landscape.
Evolution of deceptive shipping practices — Disabling/manipulating AIS
The purpose of this paper is to provide some context as to what
the tactic of "disabling the automatic identification system (AIS)
on vessel" consists of by providing some foundations on AIS,
technical limitations, tactic limitations, reasoning behind some of
the evolutions and examples of how these might come across through
ship tracking system, with the ultimate aim of assisting those in
compliance identify these tactics.
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