Comment by giraffe_lady
14 days ago
Every recreational sailor knows that AIS is "mandatory." It's completely routine to see commercial ships running without it.
14 days ago
Every recreational sailor knows that AIS is "mandatory." It's completely routine to see commercial ships running without it.
With "commercial", I guess you imply fishing vessels doing this to go fishing outside their delimited area. That's different from a massive bulk carrier in the middle of the Baltic
No I meant what I said. I've never seen a like supertanker without AIS but I've seen smaller cargo ships, ferries, and specifically in northern europe energy company tenders running without it.
> It's completely routine to see commercial ships running without it
I think this depends a lot on the location, as different areas seems to make it different levels of "mandatory". Are you speaking about the Baltic Sea specifically based on experience?
Yes. I spent a pandemic summer sailing the north sea, denmark, sweden with a friend. We sailed much less in the baltic and I admittedly kind of mix the north & baltic in my memory but they are very similar regulatory environments re boats so it would surprise me if it was common in one but not the other.
> they are very similar regulatory environments re boats so it would surprise me if it was common in one but not the other.
One has Russia and their ports, while the other doesn't. So preparedness and military presence certainly is different between the two at least.
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