March 22, 2018

AIS SARTS – A Quick Refresh

An AIS SART (Search And Rescue Transmitter) is a homing beacon designed for use in an emergency. When activated an AIS SART transmits its GPS position using AIS in a special SART message. This message is recognised by the AIS display systems on other vessels (and potentially on shore) as […]
December 29, 2014

London Boatshow 2015 – Great Deals and New Products

London Boatshow kicks off on 9th January and we’ve a great selection of offers just for visitors to the show.  There’s never been a better time to take a look at Class B AIS transponders from Digital Yacht with the introduction of the new, low cost AIT1500 and advanced AIT3000 with built […]
August 30, 2014

European Space Agency and the International Space Station have AIS on board

Since 2010, the International Space Station has been equipped with a space-based AIS System receiver that allows it to track ships at sea from space. Since then, the system aboard the ISS has been receiving as many as 400,000 ship’s position reports from more than 22,000 different ships every day. This video […]