Ambiguous calls, with a stressed voice, in the
night, such as: “Ship on my starboard side, ship
on my starboard side, this is M/S XXX, I am turning
to port”, have made many OOWs wishing
for an AIS to identify M/S XXX and to get theinformation about
when and how much
M/S XXX is turning
and to whom she is directing
her call. All the
OOWs, within radio
range, will be put under
severe stress due to this inaccurate and incomplete
information. The stress will last until at
least the ARPA radar equipped ships, after two
to three minutes, will detect that one of the targets
on the display is turning and might be M/S
XXX.