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DUKC S5Use of Web-Based Support

Technology for In-Transit Under Keel Clearance Management

OMC International – Chris Hens

Overview

• DUKC S5 - Concept

• DUKC S5 - Product overview

• DUKC S5 – Torres Strait

• DUKC S5 - Benefits

DUKC S5 - CONCEPT

Concept

• What?– Real-time UKC management software– Web-based (secure)– Mobile– On-board!– Modular / scalable solution

• Who?– Regulators– Terminal operators / agents– Ship operators– Marine pilots

Flexible and scalable design

• Provides cost benefits

• Allows tailoring to needs

• Allows changing requirements

• Applicability:

– Small port to large port

– One to many users

– Simple to complex waterways

– River to coastal

DUKC S5 - Modules

• Planning:– Short term– Long term– Multiple vessels on a tide

• Operations– Real-time UKC

• On-shore• On-board

– Met-ocean sensors

• Business– User management– System health monitoring– Reporting

Module

PLA

NN

ING

Voyage Planning Service

Transit Planning Service

Optimiser Service

OP

ERA

TIO

NS

Transit Monitoring Service

Shore Version

Transit Monitoring Service

On board Version

Met-ocean Data Service

BU

SIN

ESS

Vessel Service

Reporting Service

Business Message Service

System Health Service

User Management Service

DUKC S5 - PRODUCT OVERVIEW

Voyage Planning Service

• Long range UKC planning – Days to months into future– Tidal windows & maximum drafts– Based on climate statistics – Specific level of certainty

• Allows exploring of ‘what-if’ scenarios• Who:

– Schedulers– Pilots– Agents

Source: The complex network of global cargo ship movements, Bernd Blasius

Voyage Planning Service

Transit Planning Service

• Short term planning– Tidal windows and maximum

drafts– Now to 5 days into future– More accurate and more control– Incorporates met-ocean sensor

data– Automatically updated

• Who:– Pilots– VTSO– Terminal operators

Sample Transit Plan

Sample Transit Plan

Insufficient UKC!

Information sharing

Optimiser Service

• Short term planning– Multiple vessels on a tide– Maximises port throughput and channel capacity– Balances sailing drafts and departure slots– Considers:

• Booking priorities• Tug availability• Current restrictions• Vessel separation

• Who:– Schedulers– Port operators– Terminal operators

Optimiser Service

Optimiser Service

Optimiser Service

Optimiser Service

Transit Monitoring – Onshore

• Shore-based UKC monitoring

– Automatically tracks and monitors UKC

– Uses actual speeds and positions (AIS)

– One or more vessels simultaneously

– Provides UKC alerts (screen, email, SMS etc.)

• Who:

– VTSOs

– Pilots

Transit Monitoring - Onshore

Transit Monitoring - Onshore

Plan at critical point:- Speed 15 kn- ETA 1312

Breach predictedDue to early arrival

Transit Monitoring – On-board

• On-board UKC monitoring

• Further integration of ship & shore

• DUKC overlay (MIO)

• Integration with charting packages (Qastor)

• Displays ‘go’ and ‘no-go’ areas

• Work in progress

• Who:

– Pilots

Test case – 12k Area 1

Test case – 14k Area 1

Test case – 16k Area 1

Test case – 12k Area 2

• High waves / Low waves

Test case – 14k Area 2

• High waves / Low waves

Test case – 16k Area 2

• High waves / Low waves

Test case - Effect of swell

TORRES STRAIT CASE STUDY

Torres Strait

• Designated as PSSA by IMO (2005)

• Shipping / routing regulated by AMSA

• UKC management complications:

– Remote

– Shallow waters

– Numerous reefs and islands

– Complex tidal dynamics

– Subject to cyclonic activities

Torres Strait

Complex tidal dynamics

Source: National Tidal Centre – Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)

Complex tidal dynamics

Information sharing

Distributed stakeholders:• Regulator (AMSA)• Pilots (national)• Shipping industry

(national & international)• Marine Safety

Queensland (ReefVTS)

Information sharing through secure portal over internet

DUKC S5 – SUMMARY OF BENEFITS

DUKC S5 - Benefits

1. Increased safety and efficiency through optimised work flows

2. Simple access for both internal users & clients

3. Optimisation of the scheduling of multiple vessels on a tide

4. Improved auditability and traceability

5. Potential to lower organisational IT requirements

6. Flexible and scalable design

Thank you for your time.

• Questions please

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