Report outlines deep cybersecurity challenges for the public/private seagoing sector. The White House has released cybersecurity guidance for securing the Maritime Transportation System (MTS), which operates along 25,000 miles of coastal and inland waterways in the United States. The document points out that the MTS encompasses “361 ports, 124 shipyards, more than 3,500 maritime facilities, […]

These tankers will take part in the STM BALT Safe project for exchanging route information between ships and ports. This project is piloting new operational services based on STM concepts that improve data sharing and enhance navigation safety. More than 400 ships already have the capability to share routes through their ECDIS to other ships […]

Progress on e-navigation leads to new guidelines for standardised displays and integrated navigation systems IMO agreed draft guidelines for navigation equipment and made progress on its e-navigation strategy in January 2019 at the Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR) sub-committee meetings. E-navigation benefits will include the harmonised collection, integration, exchange, presentation and analysis of […]