Maritime Threats

The World's Oceans
Are Under Siege

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing costs the global economy $23 billion per year. Territorial disputes, piracy, drug trafficking, and environmental destruction demand a new generation of maritime surveillance technology.

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The Scale of the Problem

Traditional Patrol Ships
Cannot Keep Up

Most developing nations with vast Exclusive Economic Zones lack the naval assets to effectively patrol their waters. A single conventional patrol vessel costs tens of millions to build and millions per year to operate, requiring large crews and extensive logistics.

Meanwhile, illegal fishing fleets operate around the clock, moving faster than enforcement can respond. The result: massive economic losses for countries that can least afford them, ecological destruction, and a growing destabilization of maritime security.

Autonomous USVs change this equation entirely. At a fraction of the cost of a crewed vessel, they can operate continuously, cover vast areas, and be deployed in numbers that overwhelm illegal operators.

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USV deployment from support vessel
Live AIS Traffic

What You See Is Only
Half the Picture

This live map shows vessels broadcasting their AIS transponder around Indonesia. But the real threat is invisible: illegal fishing vessels routinely disable their AIS to avoid detection, making them impossible to track with conventional monitoring. Autonomous USVs equipped with radar and electro-optical sensors can detect these “dark” vessels where satellite-based AIS cannot.

Live data — Powered by VesselFinder • Showing AIS-broadcasting vessels only

Global Flashpoints

Where Maritime Security
Is Most Critical

From Southeast Asia to South America, nations face escalating maritime threats that require scalable, affordable autonomous solutions.

Indonesia
IUU Fishing • EEZ Violation

The world's largest archipelagic state with a 5.8 million km² EEZ — the second largest on the planet. Indonesia loses an estimated $4 billion annually to illegal fishing, primarily by foreign vessels from neighbouring countries operating in its remote eastern waters. The KKP (Ministry of Marine Affairs) has made monitoring its top priority.

Argentina
EEZ Fishing • Territorial Dispute

Argentina's vast Patagonian shelf attracts hundreds of foreign fishing vessels, particularly along the 200-mile EEZ boundary. The ongoing sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands/Malvinas adds a military dimension to an already complex maritime picture. The Argentine Navy lacks sufficient assets to patrol effectively.

Peru
IUU Fishing • Resource Depletion

Home to the world's largest anchovy fishery, Peru's waters are vital to global food security. Foreign and domestic illegal fishing threatens fish stocks worth billions, while the Humboldt Current ecosystem faces increasing pressure from climate change and overfishing.

Gulf States (GCC)
Critical Infrastructure • Smuggling

The Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz carry 20% of the world's oil trade. GCC nations face threats from smuggling networks, unauthorized vessels near offshore platforms, drone incursions, and regional tensions requiring constant maritime domain awareness.

West Africa (Gulf of Guinea)
Piracy • IUU Fishing

The Gulf of Guinea has become the world's piracy hotspot, with attacks on commercial shipping and fishing vessels. West African nations lose over $9 billion annually to IUU fishing while lacking the naval capacity to secure their waters against sophisticated criminal operations.

South China Sea
Territorial Dispute • Militarization

The most contested waterway on Earth, with overlapping territorial claims from six nations. Fishing fleet confrontations, island-building programs, and military posturing create an environment where persistent, autonomous surveillance is essential for de-escalation and evidence gathering.

Mediterranean
Migration • Drug Trafficking

Europe's southern maritime border faces dual challenges: monitoring migration flows for search-and-rescue operations, and intercepting drug trafficking networks that use the sea route between North Africa and Europe. Existing assets are spread dangerously thin.

Indian Ocean
Piracy • Strategic Chokepoints

From the Strait of Malacca to the Bab el-Mandeb, the Indian Ocean contains chokepoints through which the majority of global trade passes. Island nations like the Maldives, Seychelles, and Mauritius have enormous EEZs but virtually no naval capacity to patrol them.

The Cost of Inaction

Beyond economic losses, unmonitored seas enable environmental destruction, human trafficking, illegal arms flows, and the erosion of state sovereignty.

Food Security

Over 3 billion people rely on fish as their primary protein source. Uncontrolled fishing in developing nations' EEZs threatens their food sovereignty and coastal livelihoods.

Environmental Collapse

Destructive fishing practices — including dynamite fishing, cyanide use, and bottom trawling — cause irreversible damage to coral reefs, mangroves, and marine ecosystems.

National Sovereignty

A nation that cannot monitor its waters cannot enforce its laws. The inability to patrol EEZs erodes territorial integrity and invites escalating encroachment.

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