In other words, WSJ and no doubt their followers from other media, smelled something fishy in this tragedy, just because there are laps in AIS track. Even mixed AIS tracks, based on satellite and shore-based receivers, have laps here and there, it’s just common thing, depending on many factors. Media in general, thankfully, don’t have access to satellite AIS tracks, it’s all fee-based, but they believe marinetraffic.com’s free access to shore-based receivers AIS tracks is all there is, enough for all purposes. There’s little doubt, that both vessels, SANCHI and CF CRYSTAL, are guilty in collision. Every coastal State, whose ship collided with foreign ship in waters of this State, will do, and is doing, the same.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 14, 2018 08:48 UTC