Nearly a decade has passed since the Automatic Identification System (AIS) came into widespread use. In that time it has grown from a simple collision-prevention device to an indispensable business tool, touching almost every sector of shipping.
With up to 250 million freely accessible ship identification and position transmissions daily, it has revolutionised market transparency.
But some people are asking if AIS has opened the possibility of corrupted information that could dupe the market, or provide an easy target for cyberattacks.
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