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Digital maritime services and communications

Session 2

Harmonization of Digital Maritime Services

Dr Axel Hahn

Chair Executive Board of Division TransportationOFFIS

Dr Axel Hahn

Organization: OFFIS

Designation: Chair Executive Board of

Division Transportation

Nationality: Germany

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Hahn is the acting director of the DLR Institute of Systems Engineering for

Future Mobility which was founded in June 2020. He is also head of the department of System

Analysis and Optimization at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. Furthermore, he is

a member of the board of directors at the Institute for Information Technology OFFIS. After

completing his doctorate at the University of Paderborn, he worked from 1997 until 2002 as

head of development for product information systems and member of the management board at

UNITY AG and myview Technologies in Bueren, Germany.

Mister Hahn coordinates the research activities of maritime transportation systems. His research

activities focus on design, simulation and analysis of reliable and sustainable IT architectures for

maritime transport systems as safety-critical socio-technical systems.

Abstract

As the key element of the e-Navigation strategy, Maritime Services are expected to remarkably

enhance maritime navigation in the near future. However, a wide set of providers and

technologies for implementing these services and communicating with their users is available.

The Harmonization of these aspects is a key element for the successful establishment of a

Maritime Service and unlocks the potentials of digitalization for safer, greener und more efficient

maritime operations. In his presentation, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hahn will outline the challenges of

harmonization, show its potential for the implementation of Maritime Services, and present

approaches to harmonize user requirements, technical access, and data models.

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Harmonization of Maritime ServicesSept 08th 2020 – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Hahn

• Harmonization of Maritime Services – Challenges and Potential

• Formal/Operational Harmonization

• Technical Harmonization• Data Transfer• Data Modelling

• Summary and Conclusion

Agenda

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Maritime Services

• Public…• Navigational Warnings• Weather Forecast• Vessel Shore Reporting• …

• … and commercial services• Voyage Planning• Fleet Monitoring• Nautical Charts• Port Services (e. g. tug planning)• …


Potential of Harmonization• Harmonized communication and protocols

enhance and simplify the development of newand existing services

• Securing existing communication against cyber threats

• Authentication of messages• Encryption of sensitive data

• Completely new applications of maritime technologies (e. g. in MASS) with new requirements in security, efficiency and interoperability


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Harmonization – Challenges

• Shipping moves into the digital world• Need for new, digital technologies and

services• e-Navigation

But:• Multiple means of communication• Basic services such as GMDSS/ Maritime

Single Window for everyone• Independent commercial service

providers for special usage• Different technologies, protocols, data

models


Need to structure e-Navigation

• Great opportunity of supporting maritime stakeholders through new technologies and Maritime Services

• Consensus on operational approaches and technical realizations needs to be found

• Standardized infrastructure that supports many services

➢ Security, Interoperability, Efficiency

• IMO e-Navigation Strategy

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ECDIS

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Portable Pilot Unit

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Provider AProvider B

Provider C

Provider D Provider EProvider F

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Operational Harmonization –IMO Maritime ServicesIMO Maritime Services:• Standardized definition of Maritime Services

• Establish a common understanding of a specific Maritime Service

• Harmonization of:• Purpose • Operational approach• User needs• Provided information • Relation to other services

Maritime Services(formal definitions)

Technical Realization(Technical Service)Data Model

Requirements,needs

Users

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Service

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Operational Harmonization –IMO Maritime ServicesExample:• Structured Navigational Warnings (MS5) for machine-assisted processing

AuthorityLocal NW

coordinator

NW NW

Direct ECDIS portrayal

Usage in assistancesystems

…

MS

TSDM

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Technical / Maritime Services

From: IMO resolution MSC.467(101) ‘guidance on the definition and harmonization of the format and structure of maritime services in the context of e-navigation’

• Maritime Service: Harmonizedformal and operational definitionof a service for provision and exchange of maritime-related information

• Technical Service: Set of technical solutions including data model and communications means to provide a Maritime Service


DM

MS

TS

Harmonization of Data Transfer –IP-based Communciation• Internet Protocol-based communication

• Abstraction from low-level communication

• Secure and efficient message exchange

• Well-established security technologies like TLS (Transport Layer Safety) can be used

• Broadband IP is coming to the maritime environment

• Coastal LTE stations

• LEO Satellites


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Harmonization of Data Transfer –Web Services

• Fine-grained message exchange

• Higher efficiency for low-bandwidth usage

• Standardized service specification and interfaces

• Data protection with common web-based technologies


MS

TSDM

Harmonization of Data Modelling –IHO S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model

• IHO S-100 as the Common Maritime Data Structure (CMDS)

• Harmonization of Data Models

• S-100 as basic framework

• S-XXX standards derived from S-100

• Contributions from IHO, IALA, IEC

• Support for web services


MS

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Summary & ConclusionHarmonization:

• Maritime Services: Give frameworkfrom user perspective

• TS: Harmonize technical access(with IP and web services)

• DM: Harmonize understanding of data

No need for development of new technologies.→ They are already existent!

Implementations of new Maritime Services will come anyway. We just need to harmonize!

„The whole is more than the sum of its parts.“


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Digital Maritime Communications

Dr Woo-Seong Shim

Principal ResearcherMaritime Safety and Environmental Research Division

Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO)

Dr Woo-Seong Shim

Organization: Korea Research Institute of Ships &

Ocean Engineering

Designation: Principal Researcher

Nationality: Republic of Korea

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Woo-Seong SHIM is a principal researcher of maritime safety research with ICT technology

at the Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering, Republic of Korea. He received his

B.S and Ph.D degree from the School of Electronic Engineering, Chung-Nam National University,

Daejeon, Republic of Korea, in 1997 and 2017, respectively. In his 22 years career including

the technical surveyor of ship electrical engineering at Korean Register from 2005 to 2011, he

has focused to study the enhancement of maritime safety using the ICT technology, such as

ECDIS consisted of ENC technology and electrification system, AIS development and usage,

and e-Navigation strategy and implementation on infrastructure perspective. He is a project

manager of LTE-Maritime implementation project as a subproject of Korean e-Navigation Project

named as SMART-Navigation in order to implement the world-first high-speed communication

infrastructure based on LTE technology on the coastal water of southern Korean peninsula

within 100km in maximum. He is interested in any further cooperation to develop high-speed

communication infra based on LTE and 5G for voyage water adjacent the land of the world, which

may bring about the maritime 4th revolution.

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Session 2

Developing Digital Maritime Services

Mr Michael Bergmann

SecretaryInternational PortCDM Council (IPCDMC)

Mr Michael Bergamnn

Organization: International PortCDM Council

Designation: Secretary

Nationality: Germany

Curriculum Vitae

With a Software engineering background and large experience in aviation navigational data, Mr.

Bergmann in 2005 started working with governmental organizations and industry to change the

maritime market in support of advanced navigation and efficiency. He owns a maritime consultancy

company and works, Safebridge GmbH in Germany as well as for Marine Fields in Cyprus. He holds

an observer status at the IHO and contributes to committees and working groups. He is also an

observer at IMO, a member of the IMO e-Navigation sub-committee and correspondence group and

acts as expert advisor for a few IMO member delegations. He actively participates in IALA, especially

in the e-Navigation and VTS committees. Mr. Bergmann is on the Board of Directors at CIRM and

was elected from 2013 to 2018 as CIRM President. He is elected to “Fellowship of the Royal Institute

of Navigation” in London, UK and as an “Associated Fellow of the Nautical Institute”. He also is on the

board of DGON, the German Institute of Navigation as well as on the technical advisory board of the

DLR Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures, Germany.

In 2013 he was asked to join the “High Level Advisory Board” and the “Strategic Working Committee”

of “Straits of Malaga and Singapore” initiatives "The Straits e-navigation Alliance" (SENA). In 2017

Mr. Bergmann was one of the initiators of the “International PortCDM Council” and serves as the

secretary. He is author of various articles and publications as well as often speaker at conferences and

guest lecturer at Universities and Academies.

Mr. Bergmann holds a degree as Master of Business Administration from University of Liverpool, UK,

as well as a master’s degree of educational theory, theology, psychology, sociology and others from

Cath. University of Applied Science in Mainz, Germany.

Abstract

In the advent of the age of digitalization, data standardisation has become paramount in support of

the tremendous changes along the whole chain of information processing. Without digital data the

maritime domain actors will not be able to meet the demands of today and the future. But even

digitization, converting analog data into digital forms, is not sufficient. Maritime needs the ability to

process the digital data and integrate it in the business processes i.e. implement digitalization.

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This includes the ability to share data with partners and clients, even with competitors for the benefit of

clients. Besides the willingness to share data, the technical capabilities for compatibility, scalability and

flexibility are a must. While maritime is traditionally slow in adopting change, the need for digitalization is

meanwhile well understood and various initiatives are underway to support this development. Besides IMO,

other organizations like IALA, IHO, the International PCDM Council and others are engaged. But commercial

companies are active as well. While this is appreciated and necessary, there is a risk of duplication of work

but more importantly of incompatibility of the output of those initiatives. This need to be avoided.

Understanding the need for harmonization and standardization, the IMO has launched early the e-Navigation

initiative. It has defined Maritime Services, which categorize different digitalization services in clusters. For

example, all VTS services are clustered in MS1, the Port related services are be documented in MS4 and

nautical chart services in MS11. In the associated documentation standards and technical services are

documented and help to structure implementation and support conformity and compatibility of solutions and

implementations.

As an example of an initiative to support international harmonization and the work of IMO the International

PortCDM Council has been formed. The council promotes Port Collaborative Decision Making, inspired

aviation and developed during the UU Sea Traffic Management project. PortCDM request data sharing

using the S-211 Port Call Message Format and the collaboration of all port call actors to optimize the

port visit. Digital data sharing is the basis to enable the procedural conditions set forward by IPCDMC. It

takes advantage of digitization to increase situational awareness by all actors in the port , as well as with

associated hinderland actors. In its “MS4 - Port Support Service” definition the IMO has noted both S-211

as well as IPCDMC. A second example of an initiative in this sphere is the Maritime Connectivity Platform

(MCP) consortium. Besides having digital data available, using it in operations and being willing to share

the data for mutual benefits, there needs to be an ability to share the data in a reliable and secure way.

The MCP is being developed to enable exactly that. The MCP Council (MCC) has inherited the initial open

source application developed in the EU funded STM Project and build on this. While the projects so far have

developed concepts and demonstrators and validating the capabilities, the maritime industry is in urgent

need for implementations. Same as IPCDMC, the MCC is aiming exactly for that: further maturing concepts

and supporting the implementation of Digital Maritime Services.

And speaking on implementation. Not only do we need reliable organizations which govern the agreed

concepts, we need the maritime industry to implement and use those concepts globally. Only then digital

maritime data service can unfold the capabilities and archive the benefits. One of those “Implementers” is

the IPCDMC participant Marine Fields. Based on the work of IPCDMC they have developed a connected

data sharing platform for ship and shore to provide actors access to Port Call data and other information.

This physically enables data sharing not only peer-to-peer but within clusters, reducing the administrative

overhead but ensuring data privacy and security. The maritime domain nowadays needs digital maritime

services, reliable and secure. The time has not only come, it is already here, that we implement and use

those concepts, standards, tools, and services to put digital maritime service into use, national, regional, but

most importantly globally. In the end the maritime domain is the backbone and enabler of international trade

and the global community and eco system.

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Secretary IPCDMC

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The Need For Digital Maritime Services

• Digitization is a key component of the current and future development in themaritime domain

• Connectivity and data exchange is becoming paramount

• Various initiatives are implemented to address this deman

• Compatibility, scalability and flexibility is a key concern of companies IT departments, especially in software development

• Standards are growing up, but the need for updates to follow the maturingstandards will be necessary

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Digital Initiatives


IMO - Marine Service Portfolio (MSP)

• MSP 1 - VTS Information Service (IS)

• MSP 2 - VTS Navigation Assistance Service (NAS)

• MSP 3 - VTS Traffic Organization Service (TOS)

• MSP 4 - Port Support Service (PSS)

• MSP 5 - Maritime Safety Information (MSI) service

• MSP 6 - pilotage service

• MSP 7 - tugs service

• MSP 8 - vessel shore reporting

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Source: IMO NCSR 1-9 - Report of the Correspondence Group on e-navigation

• MSP 9 - Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS)

• MSP 10 - Maritime Assistance Service (MAS)

• MSP 11 - nautical chart service

• MSP 12 - nautical publications service

• MSP 13 - ice navigation service

• MSP 14 - Meteorological information service

• MSP 15 - real-time hydrographic and environmental

information services

• MSP 16 - Search and Rescue (SAR) service

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IPCDMC – Focus on MS4 – Port Support Service

Ships

Ports

Hinterland operators

External collaboration



Internalcollaboration

Source: STM Validation Project 2018


Maritime Connectivity Plattform – Enabling DMS

Source: Thomas Christensen, ENUW-AP 2019


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MCP – An Implementation by IPCDMC participant Marine Fields

S-211Ships

Data sharing within

the portusing S-211

S-211

TrainsS-211

TrucksS-211

PortCDMempowered

port

VTS

Terminaloperator

Tugoperator

Moorer

Ship agentPilot operatorMaritime authority

Data sharing in the port context empowered by

S-211 and connected data sharing platforms

Solution


Thank you for your attention

Michael Bergmann MBA FRIN AFNI

[email protected]

www.ipcdmc.org

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