Enhanced Maritime Situational Awareness
Ships today are larger, carry more cargo, have more advanced operating systems, and ply the
waters in growing numbers, which increases opportunities for exploitation and criminal acts.
More than 90% of global trade moves on the oceans, transported in millions of containers on
50,000 merchant ships flagged by approximately 150 nations. Monitoring this activity to identify
trends, differentiate irregularities, and examine anomalies—and support effective decisionmaking—is
a challenge that benefits tremendously from multilateral cooperation
global trade moves on the oceans