Infusion of new technologies can bring an end to the piracy menace

Marine navigation, route planning, and GIS applications are just some the uses for the data as a background display.

These are used in several Vessel Traffic Systems (VTS) to monitor ship movements in rivers, harbor, and bays in the U.S. 

A few years ago, the US Navy Submarines incorporated Electronic Navigational Charts into their Voyage Navigation Systems.

The scientists are working on using Electronic Navigational Chart data structure and the standard for usage in classified data files

Technologies of impact 

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technologies may be extended to individual containers or groups of containers and other cargo to enable monitoring up to the delivery point by individual trading groups or transport agencies.

Pauline Wangui is an ICT and telecom strategy analyst. E-mail: Pauline@nordic.co.ke