FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Automatic Identification System (AIS) has become a vital tool for maritime safety, enhancing situational awareness and supporting collision avoidance. However, its growing role in navigation has also introduced new risks, with excessive reliance on AIS potentially contributing to accidents, says Gard Club. As explained by Bruce Liu, Loss Prevention Executive, Gard Club, AIS has become an indispensable aid to maritime security and navigational safety. However, its widespread adoption – both on ships and in broader maritime applications such as aids to navigation (AtoN) and the marking of fishing gear and aquaculture areas – has increasingly shaped bridge watchkeeping practices and collision-avoidance behaviour. RelatedNews Russian strike on Odesa Port kills five after cargo vessel is hit Crew casualty marks latest escalation in Strait of Hormuz crisis var jnews_module_21378191_0_6a575bf6c036f = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21378191","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"116,177,458,201,3363,1471,719,680","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"di