exactEarth Wins Major Contract Renewal with SAMSA

 

Nov. 7, 2012  

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has signed a major agreement with exactEarth Ltd to renew their exactAIS® Data Service through to October 2014. SAMSA has been a leading pioneer in the use of Space based AIS data and has been instrumental in driving improvements to Maritime Safety and Security in Southern Africa. Working with a number of Government departments in the maritime security environment, SAMSA is involved with marine environment protection, national and economic security as well as search and rescue operations through its MRCC - Cape Town. With this agreement, SAMSA will now have access to exactAIS Premium™ data delivering AIS data as one integrated feed allowing for comprehensive and berth-to-berth vessel tracking.

Captain Karl Otto, Executive Head of the Centre for Sea Watch and Response in SAMSA, said "The detection level, coverage and reliability afforded by the exactAIS service gives us an invaluable resource in helping to manage the maritime environment around Southern Africa. It gives us visibility into sea areas that we cannot achieve with any other sensor or data source".

"Satellite based AIS has now become a critical infrastructure component for all Maritime Safety Authorities, providing advanced reporting and wide area monitoring of extremely large maritime area", commented John Allan, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for exactEarth. "We are delighted to be working with SAMSA to develop uses and applications of Satellite based AIS that will benefit the maritime community at large."