Nautical safety on Dutch inland waterways, a study to detect anomalous vessel behaviour based on AIS data

Currently, inland waterway safety assessments rely heavily on historic accident data and expert opinions, often lacking comprehensive qualitative and quantitative information. Addressing this gap, this thesis introduces a method based on Automatic Identification System (AIS) data to identify anomalous vessel behaviour for enhancing safety...

An analysis of vessel behaviour based on AIS data

From December 2004 onwards every seagoing vessel over 300 Gross Tonnage (GT) is obliged to be equiped with an Automatic Identification System (AIS). Vessels equipped with this system, send out a message every few seconds, containing their position, speed, course, identification number, etc. This makes it possible to perform a statistical...