Fleet Xpress supports deep sea exploration

Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress was chosen to provide connectivity assistance to the deep Ocean Research Institute, Nekton. Through their collaboration, Fleet Xpress will enable Nekton to capture underwater images from the floor of the Indian Ocean and then to be transmitted to the audience around global.

In fact, Fleet Data and Fleet Xpress capabilities will support the UK-based Institute to stream images from an ocean exploring vessel to shore, around Maldives and Seychelles.

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EU Council agrees position on MRV revision

The ambassadors of EU member states agreed on their position on a proposal which updates existing EU rules on shipping emissions monitoring, and partially aligns them with the global data collection system for ship fuel oil consumption of the IMO.

The European Commission adopted a relevant proposal on 4 February, to revise the EU system for monitoring, reporting and verification of CO2 emissions from maritime transport and harmonize it with IMO rules.

As of 2019, ship owners are obliged to...

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K Line, MOL, NYK share data with ONE through common data platform

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K LINE), Mitsui O.S.K Lines, Ltd. (MOL), and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have started sharing of operational data acquired from the monitoring system installed in their container ships with their charter, Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE), through the IoS-Open Platform (IoS-OP) promoted by Ship Data Center Ltd. (ShipDC).

As K LINE, MOL, and NYK have managed the data by different frameworks, ONE had to conduct out data conversion. With the IoS-OP’s...

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EU works on project to simplify data sharing

The second meeting of the pilot project aiming to encourage interoperability between industry and competent authorities in the European Maritime Single Window environment under the CISE process took place on 25 September.

The pilot project’s goal is to simplify the work of both ships and coastal station operators by exploring the synergies between the data needed by the coastal stations and the data already available in the SafeSeaNet Ecosystem.

The pilot project will identify and test technical...

https://safety4sea.com/eu-works-on-project-to-simplify-data-sharing/

First standards regarding smart container data exchange developed

Traxens informed about the development of the first standards for smart container data exchange, that were published by the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT).

Business Requirements Specifications (BRS) aims to deliver internationally standardized messaging, in order to enable the use of smart container data.

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Currently, there are no global standards to capture and communicate consistently and multimodally the data...

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New maritime platform to optimize supply chain to be created

BHP’s Maritime and Supply Chain Excellence team and Klaveness Digital informed that they are cooperating in order to drive the development of new shipping and logistics platforms. These aim to improve the way the industry works together and shares scheduling and vessel information.

The concept aspires to facilitate BHP and its partners to access the same shipping information in real-time, while those who will use the platform will also be able to see the shipping schedule and calculate impact on...

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Data sharing vital for a digital culture in shipping

Andreas Chrysostomou, CEO, Marine Fields explains how shipping may effectively use data, which is rightly characterized as the ‘Gold of the digital age’ and refers to his company data sharing platform, Perseus, that aims to enhance the predictability of port call operations. Concluding, Mr. Chrysostomou calls industry to follow the evolution timely, stressing that we are to witness more digital developments in future and that there is need to build a ‘shipping digital culture’ to embrace...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-data-sharing-vital-for-a-digital-culture-in-shipping/

Software system for oily water discharge data comparison launched

Rivertrace announced that it has created a new, web-based software system for the automatic collation of MARPOL oily water discharge data. The  software system interprets, and records oily water discharge data received from Rivertrace’s Oil Record Book Bilge Overboard Security System monitoring equipment.

Data received from the monitor is shown on a dashboard interface, which enables both ship and fleet-level critical information to be displayed for the user.

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India to use facial bio-metric data for seafarers

India claims that it has become the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID), capturing the facial bio-metric data of seafarers. Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, MoS (I/C) Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers, initiated the project in New Delhi, on August 28. He also handed over the new BSID cards to five Indian seafarers.

The facial biometric technology aims to make the identification of the SID holder more reliable and efficient, while also protecting their dignity...

https://safety4sea.com/india-to-use-facial-bio-metric-data-for-seafarers/

Korean Register launches GHG emission online management system

The Korean register launched a greenhouse gas online data management system called ‘KR GEARs’ (GHG Emission Authentic Reporting System) to assist shipowners be in compliance with the GHG regulations imposed in the shipping industry.

Specifically, the system consists of data collection plan development, data transmission, and data report creation. In the meantime, KR GEARs improves a fleet’s operational efficiency management, while also assists a ship operator manage fuel oil sulphur.

The users...

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