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  2. Automatic identification system - Wikipedia

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    An AIS-equipped system on board a ship presents the bearing and distance of nearby vessels in a radar-like display format. A graphical display of AIS data on board a ship. The automatic identification system (AIS) is an automatic tracking system that uses transceivers on ships and is used by vessel traffic services (VTS).

  3. Ship watching - Wikipedia

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    Ship watching using a telescope. Watching ships that pass through the Uraga Channel, at Kannonzaki Park, Yokosuka, Japan. Ship watching or ship spotting is a form of outdoor activity and tourism that is carried out worldwide by observing and photograph various ships in the waterways where there is a lot of ship traffic. [1]

  4. Global Maritime Distress and Safety System - Wikipedia

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    DSC was intended to eliminate the need for persons on a ship's bridge or on shore to continuously guard radio receivers on voice radio channels, including VHF channel 16 (156.8 MHz) and 2182 kHz now used for distress, safety and calling. A listening watch aboard GMDSS-equipped ships on 2182 kHz ended on February 1, 1999.

  5. Integrated Coastal Surveillance System - Wikipedia

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    A coastal surveillance radar station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; November 2012.. The Integrated Coastal Surveillance System (ICSS) is a coastal surveillance system operated by India with the goal to protect its coastline, ensure regional security, and assist friendly navies by quickly detecting, locating and monitoring maritime activity in the Indian Ocean.

  6. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    3. A bed or sleeping accommodation on a boat or ship. 4. A job or position of employment on a boat or ship. best bower The larger of two anchors carried in the bow; so named as it was the last, "best" hope for anchoring a vessel. between the devil and the deep blue sea See devil seam. between wind and water

  7. Bridge navigational watch alarm system - Wikipedia

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    A Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System, abbreviated BNWAS, is an automatic system which sounds an alarm if the watch officer on the bridge of a ship falls asleep, becomes otherwise incapacitated, or is absent for too long a time. The BNWAS is automatically engaged when the ship's autopilot is activated. [1]

  8. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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    3. Farther from the hull of a ship; e.g. "the larger boat was tied up alongside the ship outboard of the smaller boat". 4. Farther from the pier or shore; e.g. "the tanker and cargo ship were tied up at the pier alongside one another with the tanker outboard of the cargo ship". 5. An outboard motor. 6. A vessel fitted with an outboard motor.

  9. Vessel monitoring system - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific Coast vessel monitoring program consists of declaration reports and a vessel monitoring system. The declaration reports must be filed leaving port, and must identify: the vessel operator's intent to fish within an RCA, the gear type will be used for fishing, the fishery they are participating in.