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Windward highlights AIS manipulation

29th October 2014 - 10:59 GMT | by Thomas Withington in Toulouse

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The maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS) has critical deficiencies that include lack of vessels using it consistently and the transmission of incorrect data, Windward has claimed.

The Israeli maritime technology specialists published a report in mid-October stating that the AIS maritime transponder system, mandated by the International Maritime Organisation for all vessels over 300t, has faults that are making it less reliable.

The report, entitled ‘AIS Data on the High Seas: An Analysis of the Magnitude and Implications of Growing Data Manipulation at Sea’ says that 27% of ships carrying AIS do not transmit AIS data for 10% of the

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