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for example,” Ehrke reported. Extending this infrastructure onshore will be much more complex, he acknowledged, requiring the establishment of standards before the local network of onboard workstations could be opened up to a radio link and server onshore. Security will obviously be of paramount con- cern given the amount of critical informa- tion e-navigation brings together. A firewall function would have to be defined and data encrypted. But SAM Electronics itself has established the first prerequisite of e-naviga- tion – being able to handle all information coming on board – by running everything on a widely accepted common platform. While current developments within the


message that has been developed and tested in the Effi cienSea project [a part-EU- fi nanced project aimed at improving naviga- tion and environmental safety of the Baltic


industry will strengthen communication possibilities, including real-time transfer and sharing of data, aspects of e-navigation were recognised many years ago, according to Anders Rydlinger, head of product management, navigation, at Transas. “Compare the charting of a safety message that has been developed and


tested in the EfficienSea project [a part-EU- financed project aimed at improving naviga- tion and environmental safety of the Baltic


Sea and led by the Danish Maritime Safety Administration] with the presentation of a NAVTEX message in ECDIS that Transas achieved in 1996,” Rydlinger said proudly. Spike Hughes, business director for ECDIS


and related products at Kelvin Hughes, expects that by mid-2012 manufacturers will have aclearer idea of what e-navigation is capable of. “What needs to be displayed and how this should be communicated should have been decided by then,” he predicted. “Weneed to get down to detail and it is important to involve everyone at this stage,” he said. In the short term, introduction of the aforementioned S-mode to ECDIS must be finalised. “Weare already able to provide a button that gets you back to adefault display, but manufacturers need the implementation of S-mode to agree among themselves the format, effect and position of this control so that auser unfamiliar with aparticular display can easily find and use it,” Hughes qualified. The introduction of S-mode is one of the


Jeppesen’s products already utilise key concepts developed by the various e-navigation groups, ding to Michael Bergmann


y concepts developed by the various e-navigation gr according to Michael Ber Image: Jeppesen


s products already utilise


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