“MONALISA 2.0 and The Sea Traffic Management -a concept creating the need for new maritime information standards and software solutions”Maritime Transport Conference 2014

Barcelona 26th June 2014

Mr. Sergio Velásquez CorreaDepartament de Ciència i Enginyeria NàutiquesUNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DECATALUNYACo-authors: F. Xavier Martinez de Osés; Marcel·la Castells - Departament de Ciència i Enginyeria Nàutiques - SpainCaptain Ulf Svedberg – Swedish Maritime Administration - Sweden

Contents:

1. Introduction to MONALISA Project

2. MONALISA 2.0

3. ML2 Activity 1 – Sea Traffic Management, Operations and Tools

4. ML2 Activity 2 – Sea Traffic Management, Definition Phase

5. ML2 Activity 3 – Safer Ship

6. ML2 Activity 4 – Operational Safety

7. The Global Concept

8. The Future of Maritime Transport

9. Conclusions

1. MONALISA Project - Introduction

In early 2010, Sweden and the Swedish Maritime Administration initiated aMotorways of the Sea project of wider benefit – MONALISA project (2010-EU-21109-S). MONALISA proceeded on the basis of the challenges facing the BalticSea region in the area of maritime transport, challenges that are outlined in the EUStrategy for the Baltic region. Sweden and Denmark were the Implementing Bodiesof the Project.The project was co-financed by TEN-T under the Motorways of the SeaProgramme, with a budget amount of 22,4 Million Euro – 50% paid by the EC

1.MONALISA Project – Introduction:

MONALISA project was divided into four activities, all of which contributed to theachievement of the planned objectives aimed at making a concrete contribution toefficient, safe and environmentally friendly maritime transport. This has been donethrough the development, demonstration and dissemination of innovative e-navigationservices to the shipping industry as follows:

• Dynamic and proactive route planning – “Green Routes”;• Verification System for officer certification;• Quality assurance of hydrographic data, and• Global sharing of maritime information

2. MONALISA 2.0

The Costa Concordia disaster gave impetus to the process of sharpening e-navigationglobally; The ship sank after it capsized at Isola dei Giglio, Tuscany, on 13 January2012 accident, 32 people died.

Again in 2014, The South Korean ferry Sewol sank off the South Korean coast on 15thApril with the likely loss of more than 300 passengers.

Even the technology available is highly developed in terms of equipment, manning,communications, etc., something happens:

• Misuse of technology,• Lack in the decision making processes supported by proper risk assessment tools,• Crisis management deficiencies from the ship side,• Difficulties in coordinating the response actions between the Coast Guard services

and the crew• Human factor is still being the main incidents cause against the safer and more

developed ships and equipment today.

2. MONALISA 2.0

2007 2008 2009 2010

Sinkings 55 61 28 32

Collision/Contact 304 308 292 288

Groundings 197 217 177 143

Fires/Explosions 91 89 67 83

Other 115 79 62 98

Total 762 754 626 644

Loss of Lives 82 82 59 61

Maritime Accident Review, EMSA

Vessels involved in accidents (63% is EU vessels)

2. MONALISA 2.0

The South Korean ferry Sewol sank (left) and Costa Concordia Sank (Right). Source: Internet picture galleries

MONALISA 2.0 project takes the results from MONALISA project and is aimed toextend them in the way that several safety and operational aspects of the currentMaritime Transport Industry may be improved dismissing or eliminating severaccidents like the mentioned above.

2. MONALISA 2.0

“MONALISA 2.0 will also make use of relevant results from earlier Motorways of the Seaprojects, maritime R&D projects and re-use best practices from other areas in an effort tobring these further towards deployment in the maritime sector. The goal is that this willfoster innovations and deployment of new technologies and systems to increaseefficiency, safety, effectiveness and environmental sustainability of Motorways of theSea. This shall be demonstrated through:

• testing of concrete applications and services which would allow rapid commercialdeployment;

• integration of route planning tools with additional environmental information andmaritime spatial planning for the purpose of improving maritime safety and environmentalprotection;

• joint private-public action to elaborate better standards for route information exchangethrough a common interface and common data format allowing equipment from allmanufacturers be used for Sea Traffic management;

• demonstrating concrete/hands-on services using new technology and training toenhance maritime safety, making Search and Rescue and mass-evacuations moreefficient than today and by addressing the urgent issue of safety in ports;

• re-using results of previous EU investments in Air Traffic Management as well asfrom other sectors and their application into the maritime domain.”

2. MONALISA 2.0

To reach these objectives, the MONALISA 2.0 project has been defined according fourcomplementary activities that will be implemented until 31st December 2015.

2. MONALISA 2.0

39 EU companies and 10 Countries, 24 Million Euro, 50% EU Co-Founding

3. ML2 Activity 1 – Sea Traffic Management, Operations and Tools

The aim of this activity is to verify and further develop operational and technicalaspects that support the Sea Traffic Management concept of ship monitoring andcoordination through route exchange between ships and shore centres, dynamicseparation schemes and time slot allocation in congested waters.This will be achieved through establishing a virtual Sea Traffic Coordination Centre(STCC) and engaging several European maritime simulator facilities that will beinterconnected in macro simulations using a large number of simulated ships.TRANSAS, RHEINMETAL and Kongsberg are involved. The activity will implement thefollowing:• STM Standard Operating Procedures and Human Machine Interface;• STM Common Technical Protocol;• Extended Test-bed;• Shore-based Deep Sea Assistance;• Integration of tools for decision support, route planning and anomaly detection;• Further integration of Maritime Spatial Planning in Dynamic and Proactive Route

planning

Finally the activity will perform the conceptual test and demonstration

3. ML2 Activity 1 – Sea Traffic Management, Operations and Tools

4. ML2 Activity 1 – Maritime Spatial Planning

4. ML2 Activity 2 – Sea Traffic Management, Definition Phase

Sea Traffic Management (STM) is a concept encompassing all actors, actions, andsystems (infrastructure) assisting maritime transport from port to port. STM is a part ofthe multimodal logistics chain, encompassing sea as well as shore based operations.STM is a network-based approach for optimal Intermodal Sea Transport. STM isperformed on multiple actor levels, where each engaged actor co‐produces trafficmanagement. It is inspired in the Air Traffic Management system implemented by theSESAR Project.

To define the STM concept, the following tasks has been plan:• Current Situation analysis• Performance Targets• Target Concept• Strategic Roadmap• Master Plan• Work Programme

4. ML2 Activity 2 – Sea Traffic Management, Definition PhaseFive enabling concepts defined:

• Port CDM• Strategic Voyage

Plan• Dynamic Voyage

Plan• Flow Management• Wide Information

Management (SWIM)

4. ML2 Activity 2 – Sea Traffic Management, Definition Phase

4. ML2 Activity 2 – Sea Traffic Management, Definition Phase

4. ML2 Activity 2 – Sea Traffic Management, Definition Phase

5. ML2 Activity 3 – Safer ShipsUnder MONALISA 2.0 advanced ICT technologies and Methods and tools used inother industrial sectors are being implementing, testing and demonstrating bymeans of pilot applications. The Italian Ministry of transport leads this activityand is managing its implementation according to the following topics:• Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) approach in the maritime sector.

• Pilot application of a new system of chart engines and displays integrated with

MONALISA 2.0 in order to share information and search patterns among all

participants, including shore units, in the event of a SAR operation.

• NETWORKED VESSEL – pilot application of ICT-based indoor positioning and

guidance in an emergency.

• The Safe Evacuation System will evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of a

system to perform evacuation operations on board passenger ships, and which will

be operational in extreme conditions.

• Cost Benefit Analysis.

5. ML2 Activity 3 – Safer Ships

6. ML2 Activity 4 – Operational Safety

MONALISA 2.0 is not only a concept for preventing accidents tohappen. If accidents happen, and they unfortunately do, there shouldbe systems in place to respond efficiently to them. It is also essential tohave preparedness and to coordinate actions between different actorsand between different systems, in ports and at sea.

Benefits for the maritime sector:

• Safety : Improving the performance of SAR operations• Environment: Reducing the risk of spills and other hazardous

materials pollution• Efficiency: optimal management of rescue and evacuation of people

during incidents or accidents by means of properly trained humanresources

6. ML2 Activity 4 – Operational Safety

EXERCISE

SCENARIOS

SAFETY IN PORTS

SAFETY IN COASTAL AREAS

TRAINING

SAFETY INFORMATION 

SYSTEMS

RISK ASSESSMENT

RISK MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES

END USERS

PROVIDERS PROVIDERS

RECOVERYSYSTEMS

6. ML2 Activity 4 – Operational Safety

7. The Globa Concept

SEA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENTDEFINITION LAYER

SEA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENTOPERATIONS AND TOOLS LAYER

OPERATIONAL SAFETY LAYER

SAFER SHIP LAYER

MONALISA 2.0 CONCEPT

8. The Future of Maritime Transport: Efficiency, Environment and Safety

SEA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT“DEFINITION PHASE”

SAFER SHIP

SAFETY

9. Conclusions

9. Conclusions

9. Conclusions

THANK YOU VERY MUCHsvelasquez@cen.upc.edu

http://monalisaproject.eu/