The Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) Maritime Working Group investigating GNSS jamming and spoofing in maritime is now firmly established and underway.

Interference have been pervasive for years now in areas such as the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. In the Strait of Hormuz alone, almost 1000 ships per day experience GNSS interference, impacting crew safety and the security of their cargo. Collisions and groundings are a very real threat, with the Frontier Eagle and MSC Antonia accidents being the most recent examples.

For those of you familiar with the OPSGROUP report into GPS spoofing in the aviation sector the RIN will be producing a similar piece of work, but focussed on the Maritime domain.

Our first activity has been to put together this survey, aimed at anyone in the maritime sector who has experienced GNSS interference and who can provide us with further information on the impact that it is having.

Useful Links

If you would like to join the Working Group, please join our Discord Channel

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Media Enquiries 

Please email comms@rin.org.uk if you're interested in speaking with our Working Group team.