Automatic Identification System News

Infrastructure Line In Speech Wins Rare Bipartisan Applause

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Infrastructure Line In Speech Wins Rare Bipartisan Applause

February 7, 2020

Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump included infrastructure in his State of the Union address, but he did not pick up the gauntlet eagerly laid down recently by House Speaker Nancy… Read More

NTSB: Insufficient Communication, Lack of Accurate Tow Size Led To Fatal Collision

September 3, 2021

Insufficient radio communication and a failure to properly communicate tow size via AIS systems led to a fatal collision that sank a towing vessel with four crewmembers aboard, three… Read More

Coast Guard Warns About Accuracy Of AIS Data

May 22, 2020

The Eighth Coast Guard District Investigations Office issued a Marine Safety Alert (04-20) May 13 urging operators of towing vessels to take steps to ensure vessels are transmitting accurate… Read More

FLIR Systems Gets Coast Guard Contract

October 22, 2018

FLIR Systems Inc., Wilsonville, Ore., announced October 16 that it has been awarded a contract from the Department of Homeland Security in support of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Second-Generation… Read More