For many Lloyd’s underwriters in the Marine, Cargo and Port insurance sector, knowing exactly where a vessel is located has proved tricky recently. Fact is, hackers have figured out ways to jam vessel tracker signals and some ships are cagey about where they are due to the conflicts in Ukraine and Hormuz. Here’s the word;
Lloyd’s List Intelligence (LLI) has launched Satellite Confirmed Spoofing, a new capability within its proprietary maritime intelligence platform, Seasearcher. This new functionality combines AIS spoofing detection with automatic satellite imagery validation, helping compliance, risk and intelligence teams identify deceptive vessel behaviour with greater confidence.
The launch reflects growing demand for defensible intelligence, helping maritime organisations prioritise investigations, strengthen compliance processes, and make decisions based on independently validated evidence.
“Deceptive shipping practices have moved well beyond going dark. Vessels seeking to evade scrutiny are broadcasting false positions that look entirely legitimate,” said Arne Staal, Chief Research Officer at Lloyd’s List Intelligence
“We’ve detected this behaviour for some time, but detection models are by nature probabilistic. We can now take our users from flagging probable spoofing events, to corroborating the event with satellite imagery. For compliance teams, insurers, and regulators, this marks a shift from inference to independent evidence, so they can decisively act on what the imagery shows rather than what a vessel chose to report.”
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