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giraffe_lady11/20/20242 repliesview on HN

Every recreational sailor knows that AIS is "mandatory." It's completely routine to see commercial ships running without it.


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WinstonSmith8411/20/2024

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

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diggan11/20/2024

> 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?

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