ECDIS e-navigation
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(VTS), satellite navigation, terrestrial-based navigation and bridge management will need to incorporate standardised equipment specifi- cations and operational protocols if the e-navi- gation concept is to be fulfilled. The concept of e-navigation was intro-
duced at the IMO in 2006, after anumber of member countries submitted proposals. The project was delegated by the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) to become part of the work of the Safety of Navigation (NAV) and Radio Communications and Search and Rescue (COMSAR) subcommittees, in con- junction with the Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW) subcommittee. The aim of their work is to provide astrate-
environment”. The remit is effectively to
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gic vision for e-navigation, embracing existing and future technologies, to improve safety and environmental protection, while ensuring that the navigator is not overwhelmed by informa- tion. The subcommittees were also directed to ensure “the availability of all the other compo- nents of the system, including electronic navi- gational charts [ENCs]… in order to simplify… the display of the occasional local navigational environment”. The remit is effectively to
produce an overarching system of integrated communication and navigational technologies that covers every vessel in every location. It was obvious from the beginning that such
the equipment concerned.
agrand ambition would require the expendi- ture of agreat deal of time and effort, and the MSC originally set an optimistic deadline of 2012 for the subcommittees to complete an “e-navigation strategy implementation plan”. This was an ambitious target given that the subcommittees have to rely on the input from avariety of groups and organisations, repre- senting national and international interests such as flag states, shipowners, professional bodies, maritime administrations and ports. It is unsurprising that the latest NAVsubcommittee meeting (NAV57, held in June 2011) proposed to the MSC that delivery of the implementa- tion plan be put back to 2014. The necessary complexity of the IMO process is understand- able: so as to realise the full benefits of e-navi- gation it seeks to balance the need to ensure continued commercial, technical innovation, with the ultimate requirement to obtain the mutual compatibility and interoperability of all the equipment concerned.
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