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Automatic ID systems must for ships passing under Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
Updated On: 23 January, 2024 05:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Faisal Tandel
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MTHL as seen from Parel on the night of Jan 15. Pic/Rane Ashish Location courtesy/Crescent Bay
To keep the 21.8-km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) safe, the Mumbai police have asked the state fisheries department to ensure that every ship passing below the bridge has an automatic identification system (AIS). A committee formed in 2013 to review the engineering marvel’s security measures recently apprised the cops of the vulnerability of the 16-km section of the bridge that passes over the Thane creek.
The committee and Mumbai police informed the fisheries department that it is mandatory for ships to have an AIS system. Those vessels that lack one will be fined by the authorities concerned. The committee was constituted under the chairmanship of the additional commissioner of police, defence and security, Brihanmumbai. It comprises the ACP, special branch, and deputy commissioner of police, special branch, from the Mumbai and Navi Mumbai police and the panel takes help from experts.
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