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Two ships scrapped for parts have suddenly reappeared in the Strait of Hormuz (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not even that involved. The crew can just type in whatever information they want, probably in a settings page on their chart plotter screen.

[–] CuddlesMcBubblefun@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

True, what I was getting at is that AIS alone doesn't prove that there is even any ship at all.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Oh, yeah, true! Like those Virtual ATONs that are in common use.