Bjorn is Project Manager of Inambari at SkyTruth.
When the tanker SKIPPER (IMO 9304667) was intercepted and boarded by the U.S. Coast Guard on Dec. 10, 2025, U.S. authorities said that the vessel was stateless, having falsely claimed to be flagged to Guyana. Of interest to us, however, was the claim that the tanker had been falsifying its position broadcast on the automatic identification system (AIS).
El mes pasado, nos complació ser invitados a participar en un taller sobre imágenes satelitales organizado por la Subdirección de Información Estratégica e Investigación de las ANP (SIEI) del SERNANP.
Last month, we were pleased to be invited to participate in a workshop on satellite imagery held by SERNANP’s Subdirectorate of Strategic Information and Natural Protected Area Investigation (SIEI).
Analysis fueled by SkyTruth and Global Fishing Watch reveals that the operators of the NEW SUNRISE petrochemical tanker falsified their Automatic Identification System (AIS) position broadcast between November 14 and November 25, 2024, as well as between February 4, 2025 and the date of this publication (February 18, 2025).
En la pared de la sede de la Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri de Perú, el personal del parque había colocado un mapa con cuadrículas de colores que identificaban las áreas amenazadas. La mayoría de las áreas estaban en los bordes de la reserva donde los mineros y cultivadores de coca presionaban contra sus límites.