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ECDIS e-navigation


Gettingships equipped fore-navigation


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aul Elgar,product manager (OEM services) at Jeppesen, is quite clear: “e-navigation will be aparadigm


shift in the history of navigation.” He added: “It will radically transform marine navigation, as it will not only enable innovation on the bridge, but also link shore to ship.” ECDIS has been described as an enabler of e-navigation and, according to some, the mandatory carriage of ECDIS is an opportunity for users to measure their needs against current equipment and regulations, and guide the develop- ment of e-navigation. Several initiatives


For ECDIS manufacturers and ENC sup-


E-navigation will transform maritime navigation. It will enable innovation on the bridge and link ship to shore


are focusing on user needs in the run-up to mandatory ECDIS in 2012 and beyond. ANautical Institute work- ing group is drawing up competency proposals for ECDIS training, in conjunction with other industry bodies, for submission to STW in May 2012. This is in support of aUS submission to amend IMO Model Course 1.27 ‘Operational Use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems’. Meanwhile, the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is distributing atest cell that will allow ships’ officers to check that their ECDIS software complies with the latest international standard. This was developed in response to a submission to MSC in November 2010 that re- ported “operating anomalies” in ECDIS. MSC 90 will provide more guidance in May.


pliers, there is an opportunity to assess user needs on alarge scale and get feedback that will inform their continuing development to- wards e-navigation. They have been involved in e-navigation from its beginning, to agreater or lesser extent. The scope of that involve- ment can be wide: Michael Bergmann, director of maritime industry affairs and services for ENC and navigational solutions supplier Jeppesen, explained that the company’sinvolve- ment includes mem- bership of e-naviga- tion working groups of IALA and the IMO, observer status


at IMO NAVand MSC and at the IHO, and participation in IALA-IHO common working groups on e-navigation. The company “par- ticipates in and contributes to testbeds and proofs-of-concept” connected to e-navigation, Bergmann said; Jeppesen’sproducts “already utilise key concepts developed by the various e-navigation groups”. Karl-Christian Ehrke, product manager


for navigation at marine equipment manu- facturer SAM Electronics, pointed out how much of the basic work for e-navigation has been achieved. “Integration has already been achieved between onboard systems, and standards are available for this, so that it is possible to combine sensors from one manufacturer with equipment from another,


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