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UK Government Strategy for AIS

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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
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