South Africa Safety Initiative for Small Vessels - Operational Take-Up (OASIS-TU) and Madagascar Safety Initiative for Small Vessels - Operational Take-Up (MSIS-TU)
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Description
eEE has developed a satellite Automatic Identification System (SAT-AIS) based technology, exactTrax, to address the problem of the practical tracking of small boats in developing countries. Small fishing, work and leisure vessels account for the majority of South African maritime incidents and incur millions of Rand annual expenditure on search and rescue activities. Knowing the up-to-date location of a boat in real-time is vital to saving lives and can substantially reduce search and rescue costs. Working with SAMSA and the NSRI (equivalent to the UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution), the first phase of the OASIS-TU project deployed 1,000 exactTraxenabled em-trak I100 AIS identifiers across South Africa’s small boat sector. exactTrax data services were also established into SAMSA’s MRCC and the NSRI’s EOC. These services include real-time satellite tracking data and safety alerts transmitted from boats in trouble and are now fully operational (the first phase of the OASIS-TU project completed in February 2019). The current phase of the OASIS-TU project involves eEE working with S3C and IB to develop a new exactTraxenabled transponder, known as the AngelFish, for deployment in Madagascar. With the same small vessel safety of life issues as South Africa, as well as concerns related to small-scale fisheries management and maritime security, a partnership between the CFIM, APMF, CSP, COFONA, ARTEC and the GAPCM will deploy 800 AngelFish transponders across Madagascar. exactTrax data services will likewise be deployed across all of the local partners. This phase of the project is due to complete in October 2021, with the first transponders being deployed in-country in early 2021.
Objectives
The project is working with SAMSA to equip boats with battery-powered AIS em-trak I100 AIS identifiers. These devices can then be tracked in near real time by exact-Earth’s constellation of polar and equatorial orbiting AIS satellites, and therefore provide South African and Madagascan authorities with an up-to-date last-known position. The devices also provide an SOS button which will transmit a distress message if an incident occurs, and which is also detected by exact-Earth’s satellites. This information will be integrated into their search and rescue systems alerts to inform authorities quickly.
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