https://splash247.com/two-tankers-on-fire-off-singapore/?unapproved=46185&moderation-hash=0c63b3309ea3246eb4c4653008b131db#comment-46185 Hitting what appears a stationary object seems easy. But why? Looks like “detect ” and “intercept ” mission. Weird. A famous T’bone collision comes into my min…

[image] Doubting Thomas: IMHO blaming AIS spoofing for the collision is a nonsense. Who claimed the spoofing was to blame?

The profesor The National University of Singapore (NUS) law faculty’s Emeritus Professor Robert Beckman said AIS spoofing may have contributed to Ceres I colliding with the Hafnia Nile.

[image] Doubting Thomas: AIS spoofing may have contributed to Ceres I colliding with the Hafnia Nile. Had the professor instead said something like “The spoofing is likely to have been been a significant factor in the collision” than perhaps one might reasonably infer blame. The statement t…

[image] Kennebec_Captain: The statement the professor actually made leaves open the possibility of other contributing factors and that the spoofing may not have contributed at all. Prof could also have mentioned that an attempted hijacking could have equally contributed. I wonder why that was…

This is what Professor said: [image] The Professor of law is entitled to have an opinion , so are master mariners with decades of experience navigating ships and utilising effective anticollision measures before ARPA and long before AIS have become available and compulsory tools on navigation b…

Lots of ships (mostly "dark fleet tankers?) anchored in the area of this collision: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:104.9/centery:1.6/zoom:10

Was wondering :wink: which of them on the presented pic/ling are " DARK "

There’s two different points being made here. The is a legal (based on Rule 2, good seamanship) presumption of fault against a vessel underway when it strikes a vessel not underway. This is also true, to a lesser extent, when a vessel moving strikes a vessel not moving. This is the point you’re ma…

Tell me Captain what legal minds have You consulted here to concoct such a convoluted answer,what reminds me of some complicated justifications of decisions made in Admirality Courts ? If not, then then I take my hat off in awe of the meanders of your mind worthy of his Lordships skull cavitie…

I agree that I don’t know what question the prof was asked, I edited my post. AIS spoofing, in general, increases the risk of collision. I don’t see this as being controversial.

Another tanker collision in South China Sea

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Was wondering which of them on the presented pic/ling are " DARK "

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