About

Aron Sørensen, Head of Maritime Technology & Regulation at BIMCO
Anders Rydlinger, Solution Director at Transas
Jan Michelsen, Vice President Maritime Business Unit at Cobham SATCOM (Thrane & Thrane)
Michael Card, Deputy Secretary-General at IALARichard Doherty – Deputy Secretary-General  at CIRM
Mikkel Hansen, Director of Maritime Development Center
Magnus Sundström, Project Leader at the Swedish Maritime Administration
Axel Hahn, Prof. Dr.-Ing. & Chairman Executive Board Transportation at OFFIS
Chairman: Bjørn Borbye Pedersen, director of e-Navigation at the Danish Maritime Authority

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Aim

The overall aim of our EfficienSea2 project has been to create and implement innovative and smart solutions for efficient, safe and sustainable traffic at sea through improved connectivity for ships. Information exchange between ships and shore is unstable, costly and marked by old technology and non-standardised solutions. This increases the risk of accidents, inefficiency and administrative burdens. Also, incentives to comply with emission regulations are limited, which adversely impacts the environment. The need for operational solutions in the maritime domain is significant.

EfficienSea2 has been a demonstrator in the Arctic and Baltic Sea and the first generation of a coherent e-Navigation solution. Through global collaboration, use of open-source software and an explicit aim for standardised solutions, Efficiensea2 has paved the way for a global roll-out of e-Navigation.

EfficienSea2 has developed the essential solutions that are the prerequisites for taking e-Navigation from testbeds to real-life implementation: Safety- and efficiency-boosting end user services, platforms for services, a groundbreaking Maritime Connectivity Platform and smart communication channels. That is, the first generation of a coherent e-Navigation solution.

Standardisation

To reach real-life implementation and maximum impact of developed solutions, we have worked to create and promote new international standards and globally accepted best practices. In the EU and around the world, a steady stream of e-Navigation and e-Maritime solutions in different shapes and sizes is being produced. In order to gain the full potential of such solutions, a certain level of standardisation needs to be introduced. This will enable harmonised services from multiple providers that appear the same to the end user. Today, the navigator has to switch between multiple services, service providers and interfaces, which causes distress.

A navigator will be able to use the same METOC service throughout the entire route, although imperceptibly using different service providers and data sources along the way.

At EfficienSea2 we have transformed our developed solutions into international standards and globally accepted best practices, where possible. Direct work by partners in standard-setting organisations such as IALA, IEC, IHO, ITU and WMO as well as influencing the regulative regimes in the EU and IMO in particular will be important outputs of the project.

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