In light of the recent horrible events off the coast of Italy with the Costa Concordia cruise ship, I began to think about what Satellite AIS could do to possibly prevent such a tragedy in the future.
Recently, two merchant vessels collided in the Bay of Biscay about 250 miles from Land’s End. One of the vessels began taking on water and its crew of seven took to two life rafts before the vessel sank.
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Topics: Casualty Alerting, AIS, Vessel Collision
