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an anti-piracy operation in the Arabian Sea, the Gulf and renewals from the Government and other users
of Aden and the Somalia Basin, which consists of ves- at worldwide level, and exactAIS data continues to
sels from the NATO nations, as well as other elements play an integral role in various maritime applications,
in the ground. The exactAIS data is also used to sup- such as Fishing Protection, Transport and Logistics,
port NATO’s anti-terrorist maritime operation in the Environmental Preservation, Management of Maritime
Mediterranean called Operation Active Endeavour. Traffic, Surveillance and Security Operations, Search
and Rescue. Thanks to an alliance with VesselTracker
exactEarth is also providing data to the whale Re- GmbH, the exactEarth data is being increasingly used
search Centre located in Western Australia, so that by Port Authorities, Ship-owners, Brokers and Freight
it may be used in projects relating to the migratory Managers, throughout the entire world.
behaviour and characteristics of humpback whales.
To this effect, a series of exactAIS data is provided Hisdesat is now opening up new markets and un-
quarterly in order to understand the pressure levels of dertaking negotiations for the provision of services in
submarine sound in areas of variable maritime traffic other countries without their own satellites, demanding
and great biodiversity, thereby complementing past, affordable capabilities. Within this field, various incur-
current and future research exploring the potential sions have been made into the Latin American mar-
impact of increased ocean noise on wild sea life. By ket, through diverse actions aimed at opening up new
so doing, we contribute towards the protection of our channels of collaboration and promotion of our range
oceans and fragile ecosystems and the marine life of services. Amongst this list, of note are meetings
within same. held in Peru, Colombia and Brazil, interested in secure
communication services; in Chile and Panama for the
The income obtained from this exactEarth global ves- AIS satellite system and also in Equatorial Guinea.
sel monitoring system doubled in 2012 up to 9,7 mil-
lion dollars, with contracts which amounted to 13,6
million dollars. The company now provides close to
100 million AIS messages a day to its list of clients,
which have in turn also doubled up to 50, spanning all
five continents. exactEarth also accumulated updates

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