AIS
Britishabbreviation
Example Sentences
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Similar to plane signals, the AIS safety system allows vessels to broadcast their details, positions and destination to ports and other vessels.
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
Spoofing is more sophisticated -- and more dangerous, affecting a ship's Automatic Identification System, or AIS.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
The Coast Guard has continued to trail the ship into the Eastern Atlantic, where it is now sailing about 300 miles south of Iceland toward the North Sea, according to AIS positioning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
The firm noted that while its AIS showed the ship at Iraq's Basrah Oil Terminal on 7 and 8 July, terminal reports showed no record of the vessel there.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
"Normally, if the Russians want to remain hidden in secret, they just turn off their AIS signal," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025
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