You can contact with Captain Giuseppe Aulicino . He is the coordinator of the regional system called MAREΣ which allows the AIS messages sharing in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. For this reasons he pays particular attention to the AIS information quality strictly cooperating with EMSA and the European Commission Joint Research Center.

His e-mail (main): [email protected]

Telephone (Office): +390659083366

Unfortunately, Giuseppe is not responded to my email...

I am sorry. And I have no idea bhout the open access AIS data archive covering in the Mediterranean. Maybe you could try to ask for local Maritime Safety Admnistration about MAREΣ.

Hello Semion,

You may want to try through REMPEC: http://www.rempec.org/

Israel is a contracting party to the Barcelona convention, which also concerns maritie Ttransport related issues. Through REMPEC, a project has been performed, where AIS was used. http://safemedgis.rempec.org/

I am not sure what the basis of this data is, and access is in principle only for administrations. However, you will find the contact information for the Israeli administration, and you could contact them to obtain access for research purposes. I know of other countries (in the Baltic sea area), where such arrangements have been made.

There may be other options, e.g. contacting REMPEC directly.

I hope this helps.

Good luck with your efforts!

Kind regards.

Hello Floris,

Thanks for your comments and descriptions. Yes, i'm in contact with REMPEC in other research aspects, such oil spills and pollution, so based on my impression they (governmental organizations) not open to collaborate, unfortunately.