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      <title><![CDATA[AIS navigational status codes, all sixteen]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The navigational status field is four bits, sixteen values, and set by hand on the bridge. Here is what each code means and how often it is simply wrong.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AIS ship type codes explained]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AIS ship-and-cargo type is a two-digit code with a decade structure and a cargo qualifier digit. Learn to read it and the categories on any vessel map stop being arbitrary.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AIS vs radar vs satellite tracking: what each can and cannot see]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three ways to find a ship, with three completely different blind spots. AIS asks, radar looks, satellites do both badly and brilliantly at once.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How AIS actually works]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AIS is a VHF radio broadcast, not a tracking service. Here is what a transponder sends, on which channels, how often, and why the signal stops at the horizon.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reading an MMSI: what the nine digits mean]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An MMSI is not a serial number. Its first digits tell you the flag state, and some prefixes mean the transmitter is not a ship at all. Here is how to read one.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why ships "go dark" — and when it means something]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A vessel vanishing from a live map is usually radio range, not intent. Here are the ordinary explanations, the lawful ones, and the narrow set of cases that are genuine manipulation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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