E-NAVIGATION

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E-NAVIGATION
A challenge for the Shipping Industry
John Murray International Chamber of Shipping
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E-NAVIGATION

• e-Navigation is the harmonised collection,
  integration, exchange, presentation and analysis
  of maritime information onboard and ashore by
  electronic means ......

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E-NAVIGATION

Global pilots of e-navigation should apply
techniques of harmonisation. Is this happening?
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CHALLENGES FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY



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E-NAVIGATION

• Experience from related initiatives such as the
  Singapore and Malacca Straits Marine Electronic
  Highway (MEH) project, increasingly being
  applied in other areas such as the Western Indian
  Ocean, the Black Sea and in Eastern Canada.

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E-NAVIGATION

• The function of the MEH is to enable real-time
  access to data and information by a broad base of
  expert and non-expert users from all walks of the
  maritime community.

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CHALLENGES FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY


MEH Information Flow Schematic

Radar
VTIS
GPS
E C D I S - Vessels - Port operators - Maritime
surveillance / agencies
Satellite imagery
Winds, Currents, Tides (real-time)
Information Network
Environmental Monitoring
MEH Node
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CHALLENGES FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY


DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT Trial data (real time or
simulated should be kept separate from the
ships primary navigation system
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT Need for live validation
of data used in ships primary navigation
system. Need for confidence in validation
authorities in all locations

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A CHALLENGE FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY

• The Western Indian Ocean Region
• Location

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THE WESTERN INDIAN - MEH


a network of electronic navigational charts .
in conjunction with DGPS and other maritime
technologies, which will form the backbone of a
marine highway

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BALTIC SEA - TODAY



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CAN E-NAVIGATION BE HARMONISED?


Pilot projects include Baltic, Singapore and
Malacca Straits, the Western Indian Ocean, the
Black Sea and in Eastern Canada.

Does harmonisation occur between developed and
developing nations?
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CHALLENGES FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY


NAV 56/20 - Report to the Maritime Safety
Committee
The Chairman expressed concern that the overall
e-navigation effort was becoming over burdened by
having to address extraneous information,
documents and proposals that were not relevant to
their Terms of Reference or to the e-navigation
structure outlined in document MSC 86/23/4. The
Chairman made clear that the Sub-Committee had to
remain focused on delivering an e-navigation
strategy implementation plan as was required by
the Committee.
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CHALLENGES FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY


Implication of NAV 56/20 - Report to the
Maritime Safety Committee
The complex and technological approach to
e-navigation being adopted by many may itself
create an inbuilt barrier to achieving harmonised
e-navigation
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TRAINING for E-NAVIGATION


E-navigation should support humans manage
information to ensure good situational awareness
and facilitate consistently good decision-making.
It should be clear that the major challenge is
to embrace concern regarding the human
element.  

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TRAINING for E-NAVIGATION


There are important questions for STW to
consider, such as who is going to be on the ship
in the future, and what should those on board and
ashore do, or not do?  

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TRAINING OPTION 1


The navigators own skills will still be
essential to the safe navigation of the ship, and
the bridge team will be the main backup to the
safe functioning of the ship. This will have to
be reflected in the principles of the training
and certificates required.

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TRAINING OPTION 2


In this scenario the data solutions and
monitoring equipment are much more sophisticated.
The navigator will have to rely heavily on data
structure and the displays and there may be less
emphasis on the skills and competencies of the
navigator. The main task will be to monitor the
system displays and the indicators of the
systems health or resilience.

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TRAINING OPTION 2 contd.


This scenario will include an even closer
cooperation with organizations ashore to help
secure a safe voyage from berth to berth. A
consequence of this scenario is that the
ambitions of the seafaring professional could be
affected, and there would be implications for the
development of the training, education and
required competencies for seafarer certificates.
It may also impact the recruitment of adequate
instructors.

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