e-navigation and Geospatial Intelligence for Maritime Operations; Developing a Strategic Vision Digital Ship Athens 2014

e-navigation and Geospatial

Intelligence for Maritime Operations;

Developing a Strategic Vision

Digital Ship – Athens 2014

Michael Rambaut for John Erik Hagen, Regional Director NCA Coordinator of IMO Correspondence Group on e-navigation

Technology Development

technology within navigation and communication

systems.

• Although ships now carry Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS) and will soon all have reliable

Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS), their use on board is not fully integrated and harmonised with other existing systems and those of other ships and ashore.

Human Element

• The human element, including training, competency, language skills, workload and motivation are

essential in today’s world.

• Administrative burden, information overload and ergonomics are prominent concerns.

• A clear need has been identified for the application of good ergonomic principles in a well-structured human machine interface as part of the

• Improve electronic

information exchange to:

– Enhance berth-to-berth navigation;

– Provide simplification to

improve safety, security and environment and;

– Facilitate and increase

efficiency of maritime trade and transport.

• Minimize navigational errors,

incidents and accidents

through the transmission

and display of positional

and navigational information

in electronic formats.

• Use up-to-date electronic

charts to facilitate route,

position and other related

information making full use of electronic charts and position fixing systems.

• Navigation systems on board

– Integration

– Standard user interface

– Preventing distraction and overburdening

• Management of vessel traffic information

ashore

– Coordination

– Exchange of comprehensive harmonized data

• Communications infrastructure

– Seamless harmonized information transfer

IMO’s vision of e-navigation

1. Improved, harmonized and user-friendly bridge design; 2. Means for standardized and automated reporting;

3. Improved reliability, resilience and integrity of bridge equipment and navigation information;

4. Integration and presentation of available information in

graphical displays received via communication equipment; and

5. Improved Communication of VTS Service Portfolio.

The solutions focus on improved bridge systems and

equipment and efficient information exchange ship-shore vv.

Objective of the SIP

solutions, from which 18 tasks have been identified. • These tasks should, when completed in the period

2015 - 2019, provide the industry with harmonized

information, in order to start designing products and

services to meet the e-navigation solutions.

• The SIP identifies the list of tasks which would need to be performed during the coming years in order to achieve the five prioritized e-navigation solutions.

Key enablers for Global

Implementation

• The guidelines on HCD, SQA and usability

• Global standard for data exchange

• Maritime service portfolios

• Resilient PNT

• Harmonised equipment standards on-board

• On-board interconnectivity and integration

• VTS and Coastal state infrastructure

New guidelines

• The user needs and the gap analysis identified the need for enhanced usability by the mariner of the equipment.

• Resulted in the need to improve the interaction between the user and the systems on board.

• As electronic systems take on a greater role, there is a clear need for the application of ergonomic

principles both in the physical layout of equipment

and in the use of light, colours, symbology and language.

The Four Guidelines

1 Guidelines on Human Centred Design (HCD) for e-navigational equipment and systems

2 Guidelines on Usability Testing Evaluation and Assessment (U-TEA) of e-navigation equipment

3 Guidelines for Software Quality Assurance (SQA) in e-navigation

4 Guidelines for the Harmonisation of test beds reporting

Maritime Service Portfolios

• There is a need to identify shore based functions and

services.

• There are many different types of services in most given situations or locations such as ports, coastal and high seas.

• Harmonising and standardising these services results in the Maritime Service Portfolios (MSPs).

Communications

• Communications is key for e-navigation.

• Any communications systems used must be able

to:

– deliver appropriate electronic information to and from ships and shore and between ships and between shore

– in a harmonised and structured way using the agreed IHO S-100 data structure and the approved overarching e-navigation architecture wherever

Public Awareness

• Member States and organizations are encouraged to use a

wide range of appropriate communication channels in

order to communicate key e-navigation messages to key

stakeholders.

• A co-ordinated e-navigation website is to be considered during the implementation phase.

• Could provide a coordinated approach to

distributing/sharing information on e-navigation implementation electronically.

• Member States and relevant organizations will be

encouraged to contribute to this coordinated e-navigation

Legislation

• The provision and development of e-navigation

should consider relevant international conventions,

regulations and guidelines, national legislation and standards.

• The development and implementation of e-navigation should build upon the work of IMO.

• It is an IMO strategy and the Organization has the

• SafeSeaNet Norway is Norway’s Single Window portal for ship reporting based on e-navigation principles.

• Partners:

– Norwegian Armed Forces

– Norwegian Maritime Authority – Directorate of Fisheries

– Norwegian Customs and Excise

– Norwegian Police/Schengen Seaborder Control

• Upcoming partners: Norwegian Ports and the Norwegian Directorate of Health

e-navigation ship-shore information exchange

for improved port operations

Integration of e-navigasjon information

used in emergency response service

Integrated technology:

• ENC • AIS

• Ship Reporting System • Radar image

• LRIT

• Meteorological information

Scenario: collision in the

Straits of Singapore

• The VTS Operator

generated Maritime

Safety Information (MSI).

• The MSI was transmitted

and successfully received

on board, using XML, and

IHO S-100 standard

Highlighted Search and Rescue

needs and challenges

• The

infrastructure to exchange additional ship information between authorities, other than LRIT information.

• The test was carried out in accordance with the

prioritized e-navigation solutions agreed at NAV 59, and to facilitate, in particular, search and rescue

SAR scenario

• The test-bed used a SAR scenario off the

Chilean coast, using LRIT to retrieve a SAR

surface picture of two predefined ships within

a specified area.

• An “add more information” option was

integrated to retrieve more detailed

information about the ship from SafeSeaNet

Norway.

Time is of the essence

• Additional information consisted of a picture

of the ship, port of destination, number of

persons on board, dangerous goods carried

on board, and latest satellite AIS position.

• This information was displayed in less than

three seconds after sending the request from

the Chile NDC to the Norwegian Single

Outcome

• During the demonstration, e-navigation information was retrieved upon automatic request of the Chilean NDC to the Norwegian Single Window.

• The systems were interconnected via web-services and operated live.

• Relying on S-100 standards, new attributes were easily added using the existing format of messages exchanged (for instance: number of crew and

persons on board, last port of call, type of ship, cargo, etc.).

SESAME Straits

Secure, Efficient and Safe maritime traffic Management in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore

• Aims to create solutions to significantly improve

the safety and efficiency of ship navigation

across the world.

• An important test-bed for IMO’s e-navigation

implementation strategy, the objective is to

develop and validate a concept for a next

generation Ship Traffic Management System

(STMS) in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore

(SOMS).

Extending traditional

VTS systems

• The project intends to extend traditional VTS

systems which today only provide information,

organisation and assistance services locally.

• Aims to provide a cooperative platform that will

be able to predict traffic for tactical as well

strategic planning for several days in advance of

arrival.

• Could be used worldwide, and is based on

e-navigation principles.

Shared situation awareness between

ship’s bridge team and shore personnel

• Bringing these elements together through

e-navigation for ship and shore side will achieve the key

objectives of just-in-time arrival and minimizing vessel traffic hot spots.

• Benefits:

– reduced ship bunkers.

– efficient traffic flow through narrow and restricted waterways, reduced navigation risk.

– reduced fuel consumption. – reduced CO² emissions.

– better utilization of port resources such as anchorages, berths and pilots.

How to achieve effective visualisation

to optimise geospatial intelligence?

portrayals for different uses.

• Use of colors for intuitive understanding (Human Centered Design)

• Examples from EU ACCSEAS project on e-navigation

The provision of e-navigation information can

be used for maritime security, maritime safety

and protection of the marine environment.

• IMO MSC 94 met last week

• Approved the Strategy Implementation Plan

• Proposed simplifying and harmonising the range

of tasks

• Work plan for key tasks to be presented to MSC

95 in June 2015 in SMART terms

• Detailed work and trials will begin soon after