Tag: Automatic Information System, AIS

• Monday, March 4th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Chinese jigger illegally operating flees from the Argentine Coast Guard

  

  A Chinese flagged jigger, “Hua Xiang 801” has fled from the Argentine Coast Guard, ignoring calls to stop engines, and intimidating shots, after it was discovered red-handed operating in Argentine waters early Sunday dawn.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 17:28 UTC

  Argentine night air patrolling reveals “city of floating lights” in the South Atlantic

  

  A floating “city” of lights belonging to hundreds of jiggers, “mostly Asians”, operating in the grey fringes of the South Atlantic Argentine Economic Exclusive Zone, EEZ, at the 200 miles borderline have been filmed and monitored night after night by Argentine navy patrol aircraft, reports the Patagonia media.