Non-Believer Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Why had the tanker been allegedly proceeding for long periods with its AIS identification switched off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freggyragh Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 (edited) AIS (Automatic Identification System) is for when you want to be identified to someone, whether that be other vessels when you are navigating busy shipping lanes, or your company when you are on long passages. In most cases it just makes sense to use AIS. When travelling in dangerous water where there is piracy or potential aggravation from a government, most, if not all, ships switch off the AIS. Edited July 25, 2019 by Freggyragh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 20 minutes ago, Freggyragh said: AIS (Automatic Identification System) is for when you want to be identified to someone, whether that be other vessels when you are navigating busy shipping lanes, or your company when you are on long passages. In most cases it just makes sense to use AIS. When travelling in dangerous water where there is piracy or potential aggravation from a government, most, if not all, ships switch off the AIS. Hmmm. So why would you switch it off in the Med in Western/EU controlled waters then...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freggyragh Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 From what I’ve read the Grace 1 was shutting off its AIS in home waters and around the Gulf, presumably to avoid detection when loading oil, but if it was in the Med, I’d guess that they were just trying to avoid getting caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 9 hours ago, Non-Believer said: Hmmm. So why would you switch it off in the Med in Western/EU controlled waters then...? Because given the twattery from the States and the UK being an obident whipping boy for the States in the area, maybe they didn't want to grabbed as part of some bullshit precursor for stating a war... Doh, too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I'm sure there must be many Iranian oil tankers trundling around the world's oceans but they're not all being boarded and confiscated. Nor will they all be turning their AIS off. So why this particular one then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 16 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: I'm sure there must be many Iranian oil tankers trundling around the world's oceans but they're not all being boarded and confiscated. Nor will they all be turning their AIS off. So why this particular one then? Its the one John Bolton hit with a dart, thrown blindfold at a world map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 16 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: I'm sure there must be many Iranian oil tankers trundling around the world's oceans but they're not all being boarded and confiscated. Nor will they all be turning their AIS off. So why this particular one then? Because the US/UK navy doesn't have complete global coverage. Good job the UK government has pledged to increase the size of the navy after this event (the same government that has been gutting the armed forces for decades) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 On 7/25/2019 at 6:47 PM, the stinking enigma said: Anyone that thinks America is stumbling into war by accident or incompetence is severely deluded. Well America might not go into war through incompetence, but it always conducts them with a generous helping of it. Usually because they don't commit sufficient resource to whatever they are trying to achieve. After the Iraq experience are they ready for more of the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 22 hours ago, woolley said: Well America might not go into war through incompetence, but it always conducts them with a generous helping of it. Usually because they don't commit sufficient resource to whatever they are trying to achieve. After the Iraq experience are they ready for more of the same? Rubbish, if they "committed" to it, they would completely decimate a nation. But they don't want that, they want to destabilise it enough so that its "safe" enough so that contractors can repair it at great cost afterwards, but still be "dangerous" enough that they can maintain a troop presence to keep the local "government" in check. Each time it has been text book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giri Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 On 2/5/2007 at 1:17 PM, Crozza said: . Never mind what the sheeple have been brainwashed into believing, they're a bit behind schedule but you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4mbi Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 here's one for you.... Gib arrest Iranian tanker UK has biggest power cut in a decade Gib release tanker...…... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Locked and loaded, ready for war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 17 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: Locked and loaded, ready for war. great for oil prices.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Which is terrible news for the ordinary consumer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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