Tag: AIS

Ottawa announces upgrades to Douglas Channel, Kitimat, navigation systems

The federal government today announced that it is going to spend $9,127,000 through the Western Diversification Program to support  "the development of Ocean Networks Canada's (ONC) Smart Oceans BC program" to upgrade radar and other navigation aids on the BC coast. The upgrades include adding the Automatic Identification System (AIS) ship tracking system, which means that […]