The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Elm approaches the Astoria-Megler Bridge on the Columbia River in Astoria, Ore., July 15, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read) The ...

It would seem that for as long as there have been ships on the ocean, there’s been smuggling. The International Maritime Organisation requires ships to have AIS, the automatic identification system ...

The 45th Space Wing supported SpaceX’s launch of the 12th Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-12) from Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral on Aug. 14, 2017. (Courtesy photo by SpaceX) The U.S.

Data from the shipboard Automatic Identification System (AIS), which was created as a collision avoidance tool, can provide information about global fishing activity, including illegal, unreported, ...