Seeing many LinkedIn posts from seafarers at the moment reporting interference in the Arabian Gulf region due to the current conflict. Posts such as:
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“At this time GPS is non functioning in the Arabian Gulf.. and I can hear vessels expressing difficulties in fixing position. in the waterway and TSS’s”
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“With it the electronic jamming of Navstar GPS etc.. so its a merry racket from alarms on bridge equipment’ EPFS ’ continually
MBQA…( Make Bridges Quiet Again).”
We remember it’s not just vessel navigation that is impacted, but DP operations too as well as interconnections to so many different systems onboard. And when position is lost, those alarms ring and ring….
The impact on safe vessel operations cannot be understated