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AIS

British

abbreviation

Australian Institute of Sport

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On Monday, Panama-flagged cargo ship Guan Yuan Fu Xing was the latest to make it safely through the Strait of Hormuz, two days after changing its destination to "CHINA OWNER" via its AIS transponder.

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 ship's AIS tracking system, which uses transponders to continuously broadcast its location, is re-programmed to imitate the previous vessel.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 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

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