Definition: Automatic Identification System

Category: Transport

An automatic identification system is a system to:
• Provide information - including the ship's identity, type, position, course, speed, navigational status and other safety related information - automatically to appropriately equipped shore stations, other ships and aircraft;
• Receive automatically such information from similarly fitted ships;
• Monitor and track ships;
• Exchange data with shore-based facilities. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf