Story by Walter Ham | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 06.14.2019
WASHINGTON – Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a navigation-communication tool designed to mitigate collisions and enhance situational awareness by exchanging real-time vessel navigation information autonomously and continuously....
Story by Walter Ham | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 04.03.2017
The U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) recently created a voluntary service that enables mariners to verify compliance with Automatic Identification System (AIS) carriage requirements....
Story by Walter Ham | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 04.21.2016
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard is expanding Automatic Identification System (AIS) requirements to include additional commercial vessels....
Story by Walter Ham | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 01.12.2016
The U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers established a virtual Aid to Navigation (ATON) to mark a sunken workboat in the lower Mississippi River during the historic floods there last week....
Story by Walter Ham | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 11.30.2015
From distant lights on the horizon to information at a navigator’s fingertips, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Aids to Navigation, ATON, systems have evolved over the years to keep up with technological advances and changing navigation requirements....
