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The system's current configuration supports specific safety needs for towboat pilots, likespotting floating logs, identifying nearby vessels, and determining when a buoy ornavigation aid might be displaced from its proper location. It also calculates approximatestopping distances for the vessel based on current river conditions, with alerts to theoperator. On the fuel-economy side, it logs consumption and propulsion data, andrecommends the best performance throttle settings for each specific towboat. In deepsea shipping, these cost savings have been a driving force behind adoption of advancedfuel-tracking software. Southern Devall is among the larger operators on the IntracoastalWaterway and the Mississippi, with 70 towboats in operation. Based on the success of theMythos AI system, it may install more units across the fleet. The Mississippi is notoriouslyvariable, with shifting shoals and changing water levels, and Southern Devall COO BobThomas says that Mythos' system does a good job keeping up. \shows real promise in its ability to learn the navigational constraints of our routes andvessels and assist with real-time decision-making,\https://maritime-executive.com/article/ai-pilot-assist-technology-has-arrived-on-the-mississippi-riverGREY FLEET GROWS FASTER THAN ENFORCEMENT CAN KEEP UPThe growth in the number of sanctioned ships has accelerated over the past year.Analysts at Kpler have been tracking the sanctioned fleet over the past five years. Thecount of vessels under sanction rose from about 370 in July 2020 to roughly 1,650 by July2025, while the number of affected companies increased from around 60 to nearly 500, with the fastest growth coming after mid-2024. BRS has similar statistics on the sharpgrowth in the so-called grey tanker fleet this year, with the broker suggesting the greyfleet has been growing by around 30 tankers a month in 2025, even as Westernauthorities unleash the most aggressive sanctions seen for many years.Of particular note: 886 tankers %u2014 78% of the grey fleet %u2014 are now considered sanctioned,up dramatically from just 191 last year, according to BRS.%u201cScreening systems must be retooled to fuse vessel identity, flag legitimacy and regionalsecurity alerts; exposure along the China/India route should be stress-tested; andopaque chains should be identified and either isolated or exited before enforcementactions expose them,%u201d Dimitris Ampatzidis, a risk and compliance analyst at Kpler, wrotein a new report. TankerTrackers also has published a list of sanctioned tankers. The listfeatures the names and details of 1,202 tankers today. It is updated automatically on adaily basis. For its part, Windward, an Israeli maritime analytics platform, has identifiedaround 1,900 ships as part of the dark fleet. Windward data shows that 40% of Irantrading tankers and 30% of Russia-trading tankers in the dark fleet are now usingfraudulent registries, signalling false flags or whose flag status is unknown. Fraudulentregistries linked to these trades by the International Maritime Organization include Aruba,Benin, Cura%u00e7ao, Guinea, Guyana, Eswatini, Malawi, Timor-Leste, and St Maarten. Otherships falsely transmit they are flagged with legitimate registries.https://splash247.com/grey-fleet-grows-faster-than-enforcement-can-keep-up/