Scenario for Maritime Intelligence

Global Vessel Tracking & Vessel Investigation

Maritime Security Expo 2007

New York City, NY

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Scenario Details

• Location:– South / Pacific Ocean approach to Panama

Canal Zone.– Transition to North / Atlantic Panama Canal.

• Objectives:– Confirm all known targets from AIS reporting– Acquire targets (High Interest Vessel) whose

AIS reporting does not match the vessel.

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Scenario Sequence

• GEOEYE Event:– Satellite Acquisition of South/Pacific approach

to Canal Zone.

• Lloyds-Register/Fairplay Event:– AIS acquisition for Canal Zone– Transmission of AIS records to GEOEYE

• Combined Event:– Analysis of known targets against LRF Vessel

and Ownership Databases– Look for Vessels not reporting as themselves;

known as “spoofing” and against USCG laws.

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(1) Tactical Picture

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(2) Review and Confirm

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(3) Database lookup by Name

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(4) Database Details

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(5) Zoom in for Details and Measurement(s)

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(6) Review Next Target

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(7) Check against Database using IMO number

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(8) Database Record unsure?

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(9) Measure and Assess

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(10) Database Research detects Spoofed or False

AIS Reporting!

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Conclusions?

• We can locate vessels using 82-cm color commercial satellites (41-cm in 2008).

• We can identify ships from their AIS reporting and locate complete details in Lloyds-Register/Fairplay databases.

• We can identify Vessels whose reporting does not match their registration.

• We can identify Vessels that are not producing AIS reporting at all