Using the Workspace

Once a vessel is selected, this will allow a drop-down and display of the following options alongside the vessel name.

	Toggles the path of the vessel
	View the last known AIS location
	Clear the selected vessel from Workspace

Vessel Toolbar

When a vessel is selected, the vessel toolbar will appear in the bottom portion of the screen. It will often display the following information.

Available Tools

View Extended Path

Select this to determine the date range for the Extended Path.

When selected, the following will appear. If happy with pre-populated dates, then choose View Extended Path.

If not, click on the date boxes to select the required dates, as shown below.

Select the View Extended Path button once the required date range has been confirmed.

Analyze Path

Toggles the AIS points for the selected path duration. These can then be individually selected to give the date, time, and lat long of the ship’s AIS position.

With a vessel selected, a day of AIS information will look like this or similar.

If the Analyze Path button is selected, then individual AIS points are available for further interrogation and will look like this.

When an individual AIS point is selected, information will be shown as depicted below.

The information shown consists of Time, date, and lat long.

View Path

To deselect the Analyze Path option, please click View Path, which will revert to the View Extended Path view.

Download Path XLS

This will download the AIS information from the selected date range and populate it in an Excel Spreadsheet to view outside Theia. It will include Synmax Ship ID, Timestamp, Heading, Speed, and Lat Long information.

Show Path Playback

This option allows you to watch an icon of the vessel traveling along the Extended Path. There are 1x, 2x, and 3x options to determine the speed at which you can view this.

Firstly you will see the View Extended Path as shown below.

Then click the Show Path Playback button to display this view. This includes a vessel icon and a slider bar that allows you to play the last 24 hours of AIS data.

By clicking the Start button, the vessel icon will move along the Extended Path. There are also options to speed up this view by clicking the dropdown menu within the slider bar.

To close this view, please click Hide Path Playback button within the vessel toolbar.

View Satellite Image

When zoomed in to a vessel location, toggle this to get the full image overlay in Theia.

When zoomed in on an individual vessel, select that vessel by left-clicking on it. An example is shown below.

A thumbnail of the vessel is visible within the vessel toolbar. However, to view the satellite image fully within the main screen, please click the View Satellite Image button. This results in the satellite image being visible, as below.

Tip

Use the Enhanced Image button to see the processed image.

Use the Workspace button to access the Workspace dropdown menu and click the options to get a clearer picture of the chosen vessel.

Use these buttons to get more details for the selected vessel.

It is possible to zoom in further and toggle between the unprocessed and processed satellite imagery using the Enhanced Image button.

Satellite Image Timeline

Provides an up-to-date selection of satellite images of the selected vessel.

To close this view, please click the X in the top right corner.

Ship to ship (STS) / Bunkering

When the workspace icon is selected and accessed, there is a tick box for ‘Show Bunkering Only’.

Once this box is ticked, this will be the only remaining vessel icon (with a corresponding color) on the Theia display. This indicates that Theia has detected and attributed two or more vessels side by side. This is particularly useful when identifying potential illegal activity between vessels.

Vessel Toolbar - Additional Options

Ship Info

Select this tab to view the following vessel information.

Name	The ship’s designation.
IMO	International Maritime Organization (IMO) number. Usually, seven digits.
MMSI	Maritime Mobile Service Identities (MMSI) number. Usually, nine digits.
Average Speed	The number is shown in nautical miles per hour.
Max Speed	The number is shown in nautical miles per hour.
Synmax Ship ID	Unique Synmax ID.
Build Year	The year the vessel was built.
Acquired date	Detection imagery time and date (Synmax visual detections).
Type	Vessel type, e.g., Tanker, Cargo, Fishing, etc.
Object ID	Number associated with satellite image.

Voyage Info

Select this tab to view voyage-specific information.

Speed	Nautical miles per hour with a date and time stamp.
Destination	Identifies the most likely country and port the vessel is transiting to.
ETA	Estimated time of arrival. Date and time in UTC.
Heading	Direction ship is traveling in degrees.
Location	Lat long given for the vessel’s current or last known location.
Draft/Length/Width	Dimensions of the vessel in meters.

Vessel Attribution

Attribution - Data is automatically attributed to each vessel by Theia. The user can manually alter this.

Attributes/Automatic/Manual	Length/Heading/Ship Type/Moving/Attribution
Remove Attribution	Removes attribution from the vessel.
Re-Attribute	This allows a user to manually attribute the image to a vessel.

To attribute a vessel, first, locate the vessel of interest and select it.

This will bring up the Vessel Toolbar.

Then click the Attribution button from the vessel toolbar to bring up the selections below.

Once here, click the Remove Attribution button to clear it and then the Re-Attribute button to bring up this menu:

If you know it to be a certain vessel then you can search the name, IMO or MMSI of the vessel. Length and heading can also be added if needed.

Then under Ship Type and Is Moving please select from the following options:

For Is Moving option: True = vessel is moving. False = vessel is stationary / at anchor. If you know the vessel is Dark and you want to re-attribute, then tick the boxes as shown here.

Or leave them unticked if not.

Finally, click the Complete Attribution button, and the vessel icon will change from red (unattributed) to orange (dark).

Events

By selecting the Events Tab in the vessel toolbar, Spoofing and Bunkering / STS (Ship-to ship) events are highlighted and logged. They are also downloadable to a CSV file by selecting the download icon.

	Download CSV file
	Show Spoofing and Bunkering / STS events
	Moves the screen to the location where the event took place.

The Spoofing Events lists provides type of detection, location, date, and position, allowing the event to be viewed.

The Bunkering Events list provides type of detection, event ID, vessel name and IMO number, object ID (for the associated image), date, and position allowing the event to be viewed.