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Russian oligarch’s yachts – where are they now?
Some of Russia’s richest individuals have had some of their most prized assets immobilized or seized after Western governments imposed and enforced sanctions; others have scrambled to move them to safe havens around the world.
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Using AIS Data to validate stolen grain sales
Evidence of illegal grain shipments and sales continues to mount.
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Grain laundering: seeing who’s hiding in the dark shipping
You may have heard of money laundering, but what about “grain laundering”?
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ShipView: An environmental protection tool to fight oil pollution
Oil pollution wreaking devastation in the world’s oceans has a long, unfortunate history.
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Using AIS data to understand the destination of Ukrainian grain exports
Using AIS data, we looked into the reported destinations of ships leaving Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative and monitored them to get a sense of what is happening on the ground.
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Maritime AIS: Why data quality matters
For virtually any commercial business or organization (governmental or non-governmental) in the modern world, the collection of quality data is of elemental importance.
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Using AIS Data to Track Russian Oil
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AIS ship tracking reveal: Qatar helping EU survive Russian gas sanctions
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has upended not only the diplomatic status quo in Europe but it is having myriad knock-on effects that span continents and economic sectors.
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