A Note On Automatic Identification Structures
Automatic Identification Structures (AIS) transponders are intended to provide position, identification, and other information about the vessel to different vessels and coastal authorities automatically. So class a ais transponder is of great use.
Regulations for the carriage of AIS
The SOLAS V/19 regulation – Transport Prerequisites for On-Board Navigation Structures and Equipment – establishes navigation equipment to be carried on board deliveries, according to the type of transport. In 2000, the IMO adopted another requirement (as part of a new re-examined Chapter V) for all vessels to carry Automatic Identification Frames (AISs) capable of providing information about the vessel to different vessels and coastal authorities automatically. The regulation expects AIS to be fitted on board all vessels of 300 gross tonnages and above engaged in international voyages, freighters of 500 gross tonnages and above not engaged in international voyages, and all passengers shipped regardless of size. The prerequisite became viable for all boats by December 31, 2004.
Ships equipped with AIS must keep the AIS operational at all times, except where international agreements, rules, or standards accommodate the guarantee of navigational information. A flag State may exclude certain vessels from carrying an AIS. Performance standards for AIS were adopted in 1998.
Maritime security – AIS transport data
At its seventy-tenth meeting in December 2004, the Maritime Safety Board (MSC) agreed that, about the issue of transport data generated by the automatic information structure (AIS) being available without inhibition, publication on the internet, or in some Any other type of ship-transmitted AIS data could be detrimental to the security of ships and port facilities and was subverting efforts by the Organization and its States Parties to enhance navigation safety and security in the area of international shipping.
The Panel censured the regrettable publication on the Internet or elsewhere of AIS data transmitted by ships and asked Partial Legislatures, depending on the provisions of their national laws, to discourage persons who make AIS data available to others for publication on the internet, or elsewhere to do as such. Furthermore, the Council denounced persons who unreliably distribute ship-transmitted AIS data on the Internet, or elsewhere, particularly assuming that they provide administration to delivery and port businesses.
