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Is there any economy/strategic game about delivering goods with cargo ships, containers, etc.? I would love to play it.
Ports of call https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ports_of_Call_(video_game)
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How do they sail into Russia? They would need their own AIS transponder and a valid ship registration, the Greek/Turkish maritime zone and the Black Sea has a tone of coast guard and military activity and you need to Lee-register/declare traversal. Going into Russia through the northern sea doesn’t seem to be viable either.
I would assume that all bets are off once they reach international waters?
Now it’s even harder due to the migrant crisis the waters are very heavily patrolled and anything bigger than a dingy will light up on radar.
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How do they sail into Russia? They would need their own AIS transponder and a valid ship registration, the Greek/Turkish maritime zone and the Black Sea has a tone of coast guard and military activity and you need to Lee-register/declare traversal. Going into Russia through the northern sea doesn’t seem to be viable either.
Or they could just turn off AIS broadcasts?
They might be able to sail into North Africa and then arrange for fake papers and ownership transfer but I would really like to know how they would sail into Russia without raising any alarms.
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How do they sail into Russia? They would need their own AIS transponder and a valid ship registration, the Greek/Turkish maritime zone and the Black Sea has a tone of coast guard and military activity and you need to Lee-register/declare traversal. Going into Russia through the northern sea doesn’t seem to be viable either.
I would assume that all bets are off once they reach international waters?
I’d love it if I could fast forward to the Suez congestion
There are pirates (thieves, but I like Pirate better?) whom were renting luxury boats in the Mediterranean, and stealing them. They would fly to Europe, and dress like rich fancy boys. They would then rent the ships for vacation. They would take the transponder off the luxury vessel, and put it on a toy boat. The owner would check on his vessel, and it all looked fine. Meanwhile, the thieves would have the boat in Ru…
How do they sail into Russia? They would need their own AIS transponder and a valid ship registration, the Greek/Turkish maritime zone and the Black Sea has a tone of coast guard and military activity and you need to Lee-register/declare traversal. Going into Russia through the northern sea doesn’t seem to be viable either.
Grant it I wasn’t traveling on multi million dollar yachts, but sometimes what you expect to happen and what actually happens are two different things when it comes to enforcing laws.
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In a broader sense, they can be considered as hackers.
Making business harder for tourists and renting places is neither cool nor "hacking".
There's some interesting anomoly at the north east top bit of South America (both Colombia and Venezuela) where some really fast boats are regularly skipping across land.
Same thing seems to be happening to Great Lakes freighters crossing UP of Michigan over land.
Does anyone know where they get the data for these shipping map sites?
Modern vessels are required to have a AIS transponder. This is a radio that sends the ships speed, position, angle and optionally their destination around by marine (VHF) radio. These maps are probably made by having thousands of receivers recording the AIS data.