Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.17818/NM.1.6.2015
Impact of E-Navigation on ECDIS Development as a Decision Support System
Miroslav Bistrović
orcid.org/0000-0001-5070-0433
; Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Domagoj Komorčec
; Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Density of sea traffic and an increasing number of ships requires the application of new technologies in vessel traffic monitoring in order to find new solutions for existing problems. The solution is identified through application of e-navigation concept by connecting maritime institutions on shore with ships and vessels for better information sharing and integration. The implementation of e-navigation requires adaptation of existing navigation and communication systems to this new concept. The aim of this paper is to present the ECDIS development possibility through requirements of e-navigation, based on end-user needs. Given the large number of devices and systems used in navigation, ECDIS adaptation to e-navigation requirements makes sense only through a thorough understanding of user’s needs. By integrating all available information, organizing them into a database, and presenting them in a specific fashion, a suitable platform for decision-making in everyday ship navigation is created. Since the application of ECDIS onboard has become obligatory and ship’s primary navigational device, the adaptation to e -navigation requirements would mean also becoming a central decision support system onboard.
Keywords
ECDIS; e-navigation; safety at sea
Hrčak ID:
138539
URI
Publication date:
4.5.2015.
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