Vessel Tracking Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

19 Aug 2025

Monitoring gap emerges as supplier halts vessel tracking data over contract dispute

Photo by Nick Fewings A significant gap has emerged in the UK’s fishing vessel monitoring system after a major supplier halted data transmission to authorities over an unresolved contract dispute, leaving an unknown number of under-12 metre vessels untracked. Succorfish stopped forwarding positional data to the UK VMS Hub on 11th August, citing the […]

22 Jul 2025

MMO confirms significant progress in under-12m I-VMS roll-out two months in

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Photo by Rob Wicks The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has announced substantial progress in the rollout of the Inshore Vessel Monitoring System (I-VMS) for England’s under-12m fishing fleet. Two months following the enforcement of the licence condition on 12 May 2025, over 80% of the targeted vessels have purchased and installed the required devices. […]