Pole Star Confirms GPS Interference Caused MSC ANTONIA Grounding

MSC Antonia Grounding in the Red Sea Attributed to Suspected GNSS Spoofing - Inside GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design

On May 10, the 7,000 TEU container ship MSC Antonia ran aground near the Eliza Shoals south of Jeddah Port in the Red Sea. Emerging analysis suggests the vessel may have been affected by deliberate GNSS interference, renewing attention to the operational impact of spoofing in congested maritime corridors. Incident Overview The Antonia, flagged in Liberia and operated by MSC, was transiting from Marsa Bashayer, Sudan, to Jeddah when it deviated f…

Pole Star Confirms GPS Interference Caused MSC ANTONIA Grounding

Further analysis indicates that GPS jamming caused the containership MSC ANTONIA to run aground near the Eliza Shoals close to Jeddah Port on May 10, 2025. Following a review of...

Comment: MSC ANTONIA GPS jamming incident / Steve Bomgardner & Pole Star Global

Satellite imagery of MSC ANTONIA operating in the Red Sea on 2025-05-10 at 08:04:14. Image credit: Pole Star Global It has been reported recently that an MSC container vessel, MSC ANTONIA, has run aground around 100 nautical miles (nm) off the coast of Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia due to a GPS jamming incident. See here in Riviera Maritime for reference. In response to this developing story, Captain Steve Bomgardner, Vice President of Shipping and Of…