Interference with GNSS signals used by maritime has been pervasive for years in areas such as the Baltic and the Black Seas. Today, in the Strait of Hormuz alone, over 1,000 commercial vessels are impacted each day.
While the effects are not as visible as those in aviation, the impacts of GNSS jamming and spoofing on maritime can be severe.
They have caused or contributed to ships going aground, colliding, catching fire, and oil spills. They have enabled illegal fishing, pollution, human and drug smuggling, evading sanctions and a host of other malicious activity. Vessels have been seized and crews arrested after being lured into violating a nation’s territorial waters.
The Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) is launching a working group to investigate and report on the effects, mitigations and solutions to GNSS jamming and spoofing in the maritime sector.
The work group will produce a report for maritime similar to the one produced last summer for aviation by OPSGROUP.
Members are being sought now. A kickoff meeting on Zoom is being planned for the week of August 11th.
Interested professionals may join the group by visiting and registering at the RIN Discord channel for the project.
