For the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), the task is simple: approve ...

With the weather forecasting capabilities of today, the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald may not have even embarked from port.

Abstract: To increase situational awareness of maritime vessels and other entities and to enable their exchange of various information, the International Maritime Organization mandated the use of the ...

If you haven’t purchased a marine VHF radio lately, you might not know that today’s VHF units include a multitude of advanced built-in or optional features—in addition to voice communication—that ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The North Atlantic Right Whale is one of the most endangered whale species, only about 370 remain, including 70 reproductively active females. One of their biggest threats are ...

In this video, we’ll be comparing 6 Handheld VHF Marine Radios that are designed for different kinds of users. Not only will we take build quality into consideration, but also unique selling features, ...

Second Research Department, China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation, Qingdao, China Automatic Identification System (AIS) operates within a very high frequency (VHF) maritime mobile band, ...

Abstract: The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is used worldwide as a maritime system for identifying and locating vessels by exchanging data in Very High Frequency (VHF) band with other nearby ...