safe navigation

UK funds study on safe navigation of autonomous ships

UK government has funded a new study intended to identify future data requirements for autonomous shipping. Comprising partners as the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), L3 ASV and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), the study seeks to explore how navigational and wider geospatial data can be used to enable the safe navigation of smart and unmanned autonomous vessels.

The study, funded by the Department for Transport’s Transport Technology Research Innovation Grant (T-TRIG), started by...

https://safety4sea.com/uk-funds-study-on-safe-navigation-of-autonomous-ships/

Procedures: A guide to safe passage planning

Voyage planning is a key element of Bridge Resource Management (BRM) forming the foundation the bridge team will use to ensure the vessel’s safe transit along its intended route. A voyage plan (or passage plan) is a comprehensive, berth to berth guide, developed and used by a vessel’s bridge team to determine the most favorable route, to identify potential problems or hazards along the route, and to adopt bridge management practices to ensure the vessel’s safe passage. During passage planning,...

https://safety4sea.com/procedures-cm-a-guide-to-safe-passage-planning/

Airbus launches project to improve safety of assets at sea

Airbus Defence and Space has launched Ocean Finder, a service delivering satellite-based detection and identification reports for assets at sea. Ocean Finder aims to ensure safety in hostile areas and support search and rescue operations.

Ocean Finder’s goal is to monitor fleets of ships, locate hijacked boats, detect illegal activities, prepare maritime mission and ensure safety in hostile areas and supporting search and rescue operations.

Ocean Finder uses the Airbus satellite constellations,...

https://safety4sea.com/airbus-launches-project-to-improve-safety-of-assets-at-sea/

Developing pilotage plans on bridge simulators: Benefits and challenges

Captain Hans Hederström, Managing Director at Center for Simulator Maritime Training, CSMART, and Karan Bhawsinka, Port Study Manager, CSMART outline how CSMART attempts to develop pilotage plans on a bridge simulator together with bridge teams and local port pilots.

According to the Transport Safety Board of Canada “The absence of a detailed, mutually agreed-upon passage plan deprives bridge team members of the means to effectively monitor a vessel’s progress, compromising the principles of...

https://safety4sea.com/developing-pilotage-plans-on-bridge-simulators-benefits-and-challenges/

Team-Based Cruise Ship Operations

Captain Hans Hederström, Managing Director at Center for Simulator Maritime Training, CSMART, and John Ritchie, Learning Management System manager, CSMART talk about the bridge organisation. They say that traditionally ships’ bridges are strong hierarchical organisations, however, this factor has contributed to a number of accidents. For this reason, Captain Hederström and Mr. Ritchie present a different type of bridge organisation.

Introduction

Traditionally ship’s bridges have been...

https://safety4sea.com/team-based-cruise-ship-operations/

TAIC adds navigation in pilotage waters to Watchlist

In a bid to address errors in ship navigation in pilotage waters, New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has created a new Watchlist item to focus the attention of regulators, operators, and training providers on solving the problem.

Pilotage waters are those areas where (with a few exemptions) a ship must use the services of a maritime pilot -an experienced and highly skilled sailor with detailed knowledge of a particular waterway.

The Commission has investigated a...

https://safety4sea.com/taic-adds-navigation-in-pilotage-waters-to-watchlist/

Tallinn becomes new shore centre for STM Validation Project

Tallin VTS joined the stm (STM), which aims to improve traffic safety and provide vessel traffic services to know vessels’ intentions and sailing plans.

The Estonian centre is the first shore centre outside EU-funded projects. In the capital of the country, Tallinn, Wärtsilä has also installed a system for the STM functions. Namely, a screen shows the STM system in the VTS centre and gives an overview of traffic situations.

The first five shore centres that have been STM-enabled are:

  • Gothenburg;
  • S...

https://safety4sea.com/tallinn-becomes-new-shore-centre-for-stm-validation-project/

MOL to install voyage information display system with AR on VLCC

MOL plans to launch the experimental use of a system that supports ship operation during voyages using augmented reality (AR) technology on a very large crude carrier (VLCC) subsequently to car carrier.

Information, such as other ships sailing around the vessel and landmarks like buoys, can be shown on displays, based on data from the Automatic Identification System (AIS).

In addition, images of landscapes taken from the bridge can also be shown on the same displays, and these images will overlap...

https://safety4sea.com/mol-to-install-voyage-information-display-system-with-ar-on-vlcc/

How wireless communications ensures safe navigation

Maritime frequencies are protected by a set of rules and procedures. Their use is supported by technical standards, and reports, while the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is managing the needs of the radio frequency spectrum.

The Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) manages the needs of the radio frequency spectrum for all radiocommunications systems worldwide, including those of maritime radiocommunication and radionavigation.

Maritime...

https://safety4sea.com/how-wireless-communications-ensures-safe-navigation/

USCG: Changes to Alternate Compliance Program

The US Coast Guard released a new Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (02-95, Change 3) on “The Alternate Compliance Program (ACP).” This change incorporates various policies and related provisions consistent with the Commandant’s Final Action Memo (FAM) on the sinking of the ‘El Faro’.

Under the ACP, the majority of vessel statutory certification and services are performed by Recognized Organizations (RO) on behalf of the USCG. The primary purpose of this change is to align the ACP with...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-changes-to-alternate-compliance-program/

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