US Naval ship operating in Irish-controlled waters in recent months with transmitter turned off
Its presence follows repeated visits to Ireland’s EEZ by vessels linked to the Russian Government and navy, leading to concerns they are involved in surveying Irish subsea cables or infrastructure.
Mr Berry said Ireland should not be dependent on the US to protect “our waters and seabed infrastructure. We should be well capable of doing that ourselves.” According to its website Navfac-EXWC oversees “seafloor engineering, moorings, shore-based hyperbaric facilities, and underwater cable structures”.
Maintaining an AIS signal is considered best practice from a safety point of view. However it is not generally a legal requirement and there are several reasons ships may not display one.
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