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The long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) of ships was established as an international system on 19 May 2006 by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as resolution MSC.202 (81). [1]
Users can submit photographs of the vessels which other users can rate. The basic MarineTraffic service can be used without cost; more advanced functions such as satellite-based tracking are available subject to payment. [3] The site has six million unique visitors on a monthly basis. In April 2015, the service had 600,000 registered users. [4] [5]
The Halifax-class frigates are multi-role vessels with anti-submarine, anti-aircraft and anti-ship capability. In response to recent global security interests, the role of the class has shifted from open ocean to littoral engagement. Innovations in operational tactics have allowed the vessels of this class to adapt to new asymmetric surface ...
The vessel is used for buoy placement, retrieval and monitoring, scientific research, construction programs, search and rescue, icebreaking, and pollution control. [3] In December 2013, the ship was sent to recover oil from the sunken bulk carrier Manolis L which had sunk in 1985 off the Change Islands .
Siyay is a Type 400 BHC AP1-88/400 hovercraft, the second of two vessels constructed for the Canadian Coast Guard. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Siyay , which was constructed out of aluminium, has a standard displacement of 36 tonnes (35 long tons ) standard and 70 t (69 long tons) at full load and measures 70 net tonnage (NT).
As part of the refit, Thales Canada supplied the Sirius long-range Infrared Search and Track (IRST) for the Halifax class. The IRST is currently in use on board the German Sachsen-class frigates. [27] The IRST is able to track low radar cross-section aircraft and ships. Saab provided 26 CEROS 200 Fire Control Directors. The CEROS 200 is a Radar ...
The first warship constructed in Canada since 1971, the vessel was launched on 30 April 1988. [8] The ship was provisionally accepted by the Canadian Forces in June 1991. This was followed by a year of sea trials , which after a series of issues that arose during the trials led to modifications in later vessels of the design. [ 9 ]
The frigate intercepted a second vessel, this time an unregistered fishing vessel, and seized 3,019 kg (6,656 lb) of hashish in 150 bags. [24] A third seizure took place on 24 April, with 1.5 tonnes (3,300 lb) of hashish and 10.5 kg (23 lb) of heroin netted from a stateless fishing vessel in international waters off Oman and Yemen. [ 25 ]