Excerpt
from U.S. Coast Guard Proceedings
of the Marine Safety & Security Council
magazine by Mr. Bill Cairns, F.R.I.N., IALA e-Navigation Committee chairman.
The Office of Navigation Systems in the
U.S. Coast Guard Marine Transportation Management Directorate is continuing to
help define and shape e-Navigation through its efforts at the International
Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Association of Marine Aids to
Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) e-Navigation Committee.
Domestically, the office is the lead for
developing a U.S. e-Navigation strategy for the Committee on the Marine
Transportation System.
International
Maritime Organization Efforts
In May 2006, the IMO Maritime Safety
Committee approved a new work item on e-Navigation for its subcommittee on safety
of navigation.
E-Navigation is also being considered at
the subcommittees on radio communications, search and rescue, and Standards of
Training and Watchkeeping.
In July 2010, the safety of navigation
subcommittee endorsed initial gap, cost benefit, and risk analyses. It also
approved e-Navigation user needs and invited IALA and the International
Hydrographic Organization to finalize gap analyses on shore-side aspects of
e-Navigation.
Subsequently, the correspondence group
plans to outline further analyses for navigation and related shore-based
services issues and produce a provisional draft of an e-Navigation strategy
implementation plan, which will describe the data framework that will support
user needs and ensure maximum interoperability.
Automatic
Identification System aid to navigation. Courtesy of Zeni Lite.
Find out more in part 2.
Full article is available at http://www.uscg.mil/proceedings/spring2011/.
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