This web site is dedicated to the distribution of information and resources related to ICT standardization within the area of maritime systems and operations. This is mainly related to ships, ports and authorities' operated infrastructure.
The information is provided by scientists at the department of Maritime Transport Systems at the Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute (MARINTEK) and is a result of a long history of doing research in this area. MARINTEK is a part of the SINTEF group, one of Europe's largest research organizations. More information about MARINTEK and SINTEF can be got by following the link at the top right of the page.
e-Navigation is an initiative by IMO to develop a strategic vision for e-navigation, to integrate existing and new navigational tools, in particular electronic tools, in an all-embracing system that will contribute to enhanced navigational safety (with all the positive repercussions this will have on maritime safety overall and environmental protection) while simultaneously reducing the burden on the navigator. More information about this can be got from the IMO e-Navigation page.
e-Maritime was coined by the European Commission to describe a more extensive initiative. The EU e-Maritime initiative aims to foster the use of advanced information technologies for working and doing business in the maritime transport sector. This will in principle cover all aspects of maritime transport and trade. This is described further on the EU e-Maritime page.
The figure illustrates the relationship between the two initiatives and it is quite clear that the one is completely enclosed by the other. Also, developments within the ICT work on e-Navigation has further restricted this work to SOLAS related tasks, i.e., only navigational safety and security. This means that, e.g., Single Window technology mostly is out of scope for e-Navigation.
Maritime ITS or Maritime Intelligent Transport Systems is not so well defined, but will for most people be more or less the same as e-maritime, although on a world wide level. The MiTS pages will cover what basically is the e-Maritime or Maritime ITS domain.
These web pages will mainly describe standards that are in the public domain and in particular international standards from IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission and ISO - International Standards Organization. The benefit of public specifications is that it is easier to access the information flowing on the networks as well as modifying the systems. As is discussed in the architecture section, information access is critical to both strategic and tactical improvements in operation.
Proprietary specifications is much used, also as "semi-public" implementations, where, e.g., a public network protocol specification is used as basis for proprietary message formats. This also have significant benefits by using industry standard equipment and tools, but do not necessarily offer open access to the information.
The menu on the top second line will transfer you to different sections of the site. The names should be relatively obvious, except BPM which covers business processes and business models.
The main text block (to the right) in each section gives an overview of the selected theme in the form of a short essay. This is normally divided into a short introduction at the start and a number of main subsections. At the start of the text there is an index with links pointing to the headings of the different subsections.
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Some of the authors of these pages and the resources on them are listed below. We do not include the dierct e-mail addresses to avoid that robots pick them up. Please guess on the address (should be obvious) or search the sites mentioned and find the contact data there. Otherwise, send an e-mail to (info at mits-forum dot org) to get in touch with us. We are looking forward to your input!
| Name | Theme | Contact |
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| Ørnulf Jan Rødseth | Editor, Maritime ITS, ISO 28005, IEC 61162 | www.marintek.no |
| Beate Kvamstad | Communication, Arctic | www.marintek.no |
| Jeroen Hollebrands | PbC | jeroen41 at gmail com |
| Agathe Rialland | PbC | www.marintek.no |
| Dag Atle Nesheim | Shipping KPI | www.marintek.no |
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Last updated 2015-04-10 by Ø.J.Rødseth @ MARINTEK