System and Method for Remotely and Securely Combining and Monitoring Marine Vessel Position, AIS, and Electronic Device Data Using NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 Data Standards via Broadband (non-VHF) Terrestrial and Satellite Connections

A method for remotely monitoring marine vessel data, comprising:

• connecting a computing device to a vessel's NMEA 0183 data system via a first communication interface of the computing device;
• connecting the computing device to the vessel's NMEA 2000 data system via a second communication interface of the computing device;
• connecting the computing device to the vessel's internet connection via a third communication interface of the computing device;
• receiving, by the computing device via the first and second communication interfaces, vessel data from the NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 data systems;
• receiving, by the computing device, AIS data from other vessels in the vicinity of the subject vessel, instead of via terrestrial and satellite VHF band AIS receivers (T-AIS and S-AIS).
• transmitting, by the computing device via the third communication interface and the internet connection, the received vessel data in real-time to a remote server;
• detecting, by the computing device, that the internet connection is unavailable;
• storing, in response to detecting the internet connection is unavailable, the received vessel data in a data cache of the computing device;
• detecting, by the computing device, that the internet connection has been re-established;
• transmitting, in response to detecting the internet connection has been re-established, the vessel data stored in the data cache to the remote server;
• and
• providing, by the remote server, remote access to the received vessel data to authorized users.