Maritime Software

IACS: How to conduct proper software maintenance

IACS published 9 of its 12 recommendations on cyber safety, in order to enable the delivery of cyber resilient ships whose resilience can be maintained throughout their working lives. The first report recommends procedures for software maintenance of shipboard equipment and systems.

The IACS Recommendations address the need for:

  • A more complete understanding of the interplay between ship’s systems;
  • Protection from events beyond software errors;
  • In the event that protection failed, the need for...

https://safety4sea.com/iacs-how-to-conduct-proper-software-maintenance/

NYK introduces new ship-bridge concept to reduce casualties

Japanese shipping company NYK has completed a new concept for a ship’s bridge and employed it on a large container ship. The new bridge concept, is named ‘Integrated information and bridge system’, and the space and nautical instruments on this new bridge have been designed to take advantage of IoT aspects of instruments and to improve the safety and efficiency of vessel operation.

The move comes as a result from the company’s cooperation with navigation equipment makers and shipbuilders since...

https://safety4sea.com/nyk-introduces-new-ship-bridge-concept-to-reduce-casualties/

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