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- Title
Understanding the Operation of "AIS" in International Maritime Transactions.
- Authors
Shekar Jha, Vijay
- Abstract
In International Maritime Businesses, one of the biggest challenges has been to ensure the safety of vessel, especially from ship collisions; given the changes in the size, design and speed of the ships in this age it has become increasingly difficult for ships to change their course and to avoid accidents caused by collisions. Against this background, the international maritime treaty named the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) was entered into by many states in 1974 under the auspices of IMO with a view to ensuring the safety of ships. This treaty comprises 14 chapters, of which chapter V is of particular significance as it applies to all vessels on the sea including private yachts and small craft. Regulation 19 of the same chapter sets out the requirement for installation of Automatic Identification System ("AIS") devices on ships. Owing to their capabilities of transmitting identity, position, course, speed and navigational status, AIS devices also picked up the interest of custom and maritime authorities worldwide, who desperately needed a new technology to help curb illegal trade activities both in territorial waters and on the High Sea. It is in this background this paper attempts to fathom the relevance, operation and, limitations of AIS, and includes recommendations to make it more effective in international maritime transactions, both, in ensuring the safety of the ships and in curbing illicit trade activities.
- Subjects
SHIPBORNE automatic identification systems; FOREIGN trade regulation; MARITIME law; MARINE accidents; MARITIME safety; INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization
- Publication
Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce, 2020, Vol 51, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
0022-2410
- Publication type
Article