Blog | Dark Shipping

A deep dive into dark shipping, AIS spoofing, and maritime monitoring & manipulation.

Travis Turgeon

Jan 25, 20234 min

How Space-Based Monitoring Can Help Avoid Tragedy at Sea

"Each ship displayed highly-inaccurate AIS data at the time of the incident - namely, the total length of their vessel and tow."...

Travis Turgeon

Jan 17, 20235 min

Advantages and Limitations of AIS (and How to Bridge the Gaps)

"The easiest way to manipulate AIS data is to simply turn off the transponder. Once the system is switched off, it no longer sends or...

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Travis Turgeon

Jan 9, 20234 min

Radio Frequency Collection: Securing the Maritime Domain

"One of the most effective approaches to validating or invalidating a ship’s AIS data is using Radio Frequency (RF) data." Over the past...