UK Government Strategy for AIS
Table of contents
- UK Government Strategy for AIS
- Introduction
- Background
- Responsibility in UK
- Applications
- 1: Vessel Identification, Traffic Monitoring and Traffic Services
- 2: Mandatory and Voluntary Reporting Areas
- 3: Search & Rescue and Counter-pollution activity
- 4: Aid to Navigation (AtoN)
- 5: Safety-related Information System
- 6: Traffic Database (for survey & civil hydrography purposes)
- 7: Investigation
- Relationship with stakeholders / customers
- Commercial potential
- International co-operation
- AIS and the e-navigation strategy
- Strategic Aims
- Annex A: Background on statutory requirements and technology
- IMO's Provision for AIS
- IMO's Provision for AIS Shore Infrastructure
- AIS as part of the EU Vessel Traffic Monitoring Directive (VTMD)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Operational Requirements for AIS Shore Infrastructure
- Technology
- Annex B: General Lighthouse Authorities - Capabilities and Requirements
- England & Wales (THLS)
- Scotland (NLB)
- Ireland (CIL)
- Ireland (CIL)
- The GLAs require AIS data for the following purposes:
- Annex C: Glossary of Abbreviations

