North Sea collision: Searching for answers with AIS data
March 19, 2025Maritime collisions, while rare, serve as stark reminders of the risks that persist despite modern navigation technology.
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Why live vessel tracking is a game-changer for maritime operations
March 4, 2025Live vessel tracking offers a powerful advantage to maritime industry professionals, enabling better decision-making, improved operational efficiency, and enhanced safety at sea.
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Unlocking maritime intelligence with Historical AIS data
February 13, 2025Understanding past vessel movements, using Historical AIS, is essential for gaining insights into maritime operations, market dynamics, security, risk assessments, environmental impacts, and regulatory compliance.
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How AIS data safeguards offshore infrastructure from risks
December 19, 2024Recent incidents highlight vulnerabilities to offshore infrastructure.
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Defining effective maritime routes beyond simple navigation
November 25, 2024In today’s maritime environment, where fuel costs are high, regulations are stringent, and global maritime security is unpredictable, effective routing has become essential to ensure sustainable operations.
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Strikes disrupt operations: Leveraging AIS Data to minimize their effects
October 16, 2024In a historic labor dispute, dockworkers along the US East Coast and Gulf Coast have launched the first major strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) since 1977.
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Not all AIS data is equal: How to identify and ensure AIS data quality
September 3, 2024Originally designed as an anti-collision tool, the Automatic Identification System (AIS) has, over the past two decades, evolved into a comprehensive data collection and analysis system.
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Maritime insurance and compliance: 4 reasons to validate AIS positions
June 26, 2024The problem of vessel spoofing for the maritime insurance industry and the 4 reasons to validate AIS positions: risk assessment, fraud prevention, regulatory compliance, and claims verification.
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Navigating risk: How AIS data enhances maritime insurance operations and compliance analytics
May 17, 2024In the ever-changing landscape of maritime insurance, staying ahead of risks is paramount.
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The causes and impacts of the Panama Canal drought
March 25, 2024Using Spire Maritime, Weather and Climate data, the root causes of the Panama Canal drought have been put to light.
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Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea: Mitigating its risks with AIS data
March 5, 2024The current security situation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden caused by Houthi attacks on vessels has led to many ships avoiding the area and instead divert away from it and chose alternative routes. The most common alternative journey between Asia and Europe is to sail around Africa.
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The Red Sea crisis: tracking the volatile security situation
January 9, 2024The deteriorating Red Sea security situation caused by Houthi attacks and hijackings on commercial vessels has led to several major companies in the maritime and oil industries, to shy away from the Red Sea, and instead use the much longer, and costly route around Africa.
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How Position Validation is changing the insights into AIS and helping to solve dark vessel detection
November 8, 2023AIS Position Validation is the advanced Radio Frequency signal-based solution leveraging the unique real time coverage offered by the Spire satellite constellation providing continuous global coverage to validate vessel positions, whether vessels are near-shore or in mid-ocean.
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