Collection and distribution of maritime data

A system for collecting and distributing maritime data, comprising a satellite configured to:

• receive a signal, wherein the signal is representative of one of (i) a current location of a vessel and (ii) an expected location of the vessel, wherein the vessel is a water-faring vessel.
• transmit the signal to a service provider, wherein the service provider retrieves one or more zone of concern data from a computer network based upon the signal, wherein the computer network includes one or more databases, each of which includes one or more zone of concern data, wherein the zone of concern data corresponds to a zone of concern;
• receive the one or more zone of concern data from the service provider;
• and
• transmit the one or more zone of concern data to the vessel.

A system for collecting and distributing maritime data, comprising a service provider configured to:

• receive a receive a signal from a vessel, wherein the signal is representative of one of (i) a current location of the vessel and (ii) an expected location of the vessel, wherein the vessel is a water-faring vessel;
• formulate a query as a function of one of (i) the location of the vessel and (ii) the expected location of the vessel;
• transmit the query to one or more databases in a computer network;
• receive one or more zone of concern data associated with the query, wherein the zone of concern data corresponds to a zone of concern, and the zone of concern is one of (i) a three-dimensionally distance-bounded area surrounding the vessel and (ii) a time-bounded area surrounding the vessel;
• format the one or more zone of concern data;
• and
• transmit the one or more zone of concern data to the vessel.