A Russian ship was blocked by the Coast Guard at the port of Oristano.

The merchant ship Sormovskiy-3057, with a crew of eleven people all of Russian nationality, was subjected to administrative detention after the checks carried out in the Oristano port.

As many as 15 violations were ascertained, of which eight were grounds for detention of the ship. “Very serious” deficiencies, which led to blocking the ship until the necessary safety conditions on board are re-established, and only after a new inspection.

The purposes of these checks are to ascertain the safety conditions of the vehicles, life and work of the crews on board, as well as the protection of the marine environment from pollution.

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SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) – Australia has asked the European Union to allow exports of the entire 3.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses the country had pre-ordered, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, after the European Union denied blocking supply.

“If it is indeed the position of the European Union that they are happy for these export licences to be granted and their 3.8 million doses to come to Australia, then we would encourage them to do that,” Morrison told reporters in Canberra.

Australia has blamed the delay of 3.1 million AstraZeneca doses, that were scheduled to be delivered by the end of March, for falling behind in its own vaccination programme. (Reporting by Renju Jose; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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The shipping industry is in the spotlight Regardless of the Suez Canal blockade which has stolen the headlines during the past few days, the maritime industry’s importance in the supply chain and the flow of commodities and goods around the world has been highlighted, perhaps in the most prominent way, during the pandemic (27 March 2021). More…

Container and shipping shortage piles pressure on prices The rapid recovery of the global economy that started at the end of the first wave has come with a much faster rebound in global trade than initially expected. This has come with significant supply chain disruptions causing many different types of shortages (02 April 2021). More…

IMO-Singapore Maritime Single Window seeks pilot project; Aus governments and seaports must up their game The International Maritime Organization and the Government of Singapore are seeking expressions of interest from countries with a “medium sized port” for a pilot project to establish a system of electronic data exchange.(26 March 2021). More…

ITF wants Aswan Shipping vessels banned from Australian waters The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) has called for Australia to ban the ships of Aswan Shipping after two of its bulkers were detained over serious technical problems and labour rights issues. Detained over the past two months by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) are Aswan’s 97,000-dwt bulker Maryam (built 2004) and 91,800-dwt-dwt bulker Movers 3 (built 2002) (29 March 2021). More…

Shipping Australia: Interim supply chain study indicates Australia has limited vulnerability The supply of essential goods and services in Australia is not highly susceptible to a short-term disruption to the supply of imported goods, the Productivity Commission has found in its interim report. Vulnerability appears to be quite limited (26 March 2021). More…

Vulnerable supply chains in the spotlight The Productivity Commission’s interim report on Vulnerable Supply Chains suggests Australia is resilient to disruption through our ability to pivot but seeks confirmation from industry. HVIA’s Government Relations and Advocacy Manager Greg Forbes said the draft report predominantly focusses on disruptions to imported commodities, whereas the final report will also consider disruptions that can affect exports (30 March 2021).. More…

Australia detains two Qatari-owned vessels for labor violations Australian maritime authorities have detained two vessels owned by a Qatari shipping company for labor and safety violations. The International Transport Workers’ Federation has been working with the Australian authorities to provide relief for the crew trapped aboard the vessels while the owners address the deficiencies (25 March 2021). More…

NSW Ports welcomes the largest container ship (by length) at Port Botany NSW Ports was pleased to welcome the largest container ship (by length) at Port Botany this week, with the safe arrival of the Maersk Soroe at DP World Australia’s terminal. The empty sweeper is a welcome arrival, assisting in alleviating empty container build up caused by ‘pandemic buying’, as Australian consumers spend money on imported goods (01 April 2021). More…

Firefighters forced into COVID isolation after fire on cargo ship off WA coast Firefighters are told to self-isolate after battling a blaze aboard a cargo ship off Port Hedland — the ship’s crew had not been given clearance to disembark (25 March 2021). More…

Raising the bar! AAT continues to modernise its equipment to facilitate increased productivity and efficiency across stevedoring operations. AAT worked in collaboration with Liebherr and the Port of Brisbane to ensure that the design and assembly met the manufacturers exacting standards, and was in accordance with strict wharf specifications (01 April 2021). More…

Australian first: New report proves long-held belief that good vehicle maintenance improves road safety A new report from Australia’s largest trucking insurer and the industry regulator has confirmed operators who effectively maintain their vehicles are less likely to be involved in an incident. For the first time, the trucking industry regulator and leading insurer have shared de-identified critical road crash data, with the aim of improving road safety (31 March 2021). More…

Crash stats analysis sees maintenance and safety correlation While it may seem self-evident that good truck maintenance is linked to better safety outcomes, insurer NTI and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) have crunched the numbers to frank the assumption – with caveats (31 March 2021). More…

New heavy vehicle charge puts undue pressure on operators McKellar was responding to the decision by transport ministers last night to increase truck fuel and registration charges by substantially more than inflation from June 2021, by 2.5 per cent. The decision will increase the registration charge for a workhorse prime mover and semi-trailer by $144 a year, and the effective rate of fuel tax by 0.6 cents per litre (31 March 2021). More…

HV road charges must be revised Infrastructure and Transport Ministers recently indicated that, in their view, there was a growing gap between road expenditure and revenue from charges, and have decided to increase heavy vehicle charges by 2.5% (road user charge and registration costs).The NatRoad CEO has said the model used to estimate the heavy vehicle share of expenditure on roads is not reliable (01 April 2021). More…

ATA: Vehicle maintenance key to road safety Following the release of a joint roadworthiness report from National Transport Insurance (NTI) and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) said that keeping well maintained vehicles was key to trucking safety and productivity (02 April 2021). More…

Heavy Vehicle Safety Strategy consultation The NHVR is seeking feedback on the draft Heavy Vehicle Safety Strategy 2021-2025, which sets out the NHVR’s strategic ambitions to improve heavy vehicle safety outcomes and contribute to a reduction in the number of crashes, fatalities and serious injuries involving heavy vehicles (23 March 2021). More…

ATA demands dimension reform to enable modern trucks The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has taken aim at local truck dimension restrictions, saying the current rules prohibit the latest vehicle technology to enter Australian shores and must be overhauled (29 March 2021). More…

NHVR partners with peak engineering body on road access project The NHVR is partnering with the Queensland peak body for public works engineers to help deliver the Strategic Local Government Asset Assessment Project (SLGAAP). The Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Queensland (IPWEAQ) is providing invaluable support to the project, including helping to develop the Asset Assessment Framework (23 March 2021). More…

ATA calls for fairer increases to truck charges The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) is calling on governments not to increase truck road user and registration charges by more than the expected inflation rate of 1.5 per cent in 2021-22 (19 March 2021). More…

NHVR welcomes Rod Hannifey’s appointment as NRFA president The NHVR has welcomed the appointment of well-known trucking safety advocate Rod Hannifey as president of the National Road Freighters Association (NRFA). NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto said Mr Hannifey’s appointment would ensure smaller operators continue to have a strong voice when it comes to heavy vehicle safety reform (30 March 2021). More…

Published – articles, papers, reports

Are good trucks the sign of a great operator? National Truck Accident Research Centre (NTARC): March 2021 A special report into heavy vehicle roadworthiness, brings together for the first time de-identified data from NTI’s NTARC Major Accident Investigation Report (MAIR) and the NHVR’s National Roadworthiness Baseline Survey (NBRS). More…

ATSB Latest Investigations

Fire on board ‘BBC Rhonetal’ while berthed in Port Hedland on 25 March 2021 New Investigation – At 0330 WST, during cargo discharge operations from the ’tween deck of number 2 cargo hold, smoke was seen coming from the lower hold. Just prior to this, hot work had been undertaken to remove cargo securing points from around the cargo to be discharged. Efforts to extinguish the fire using ship’s fire fighting resources laid out for the hot work were unsuccessful. More…

NHVR: Newsletter Fortnightly newsletter providing important information on the heavy vehicle industry, including the latest NHVR news and events, relevant law and policy changes. More…

Australian Bureau of Statistics 01 April 2021 – International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia. More… 24 March 2021 – International Merchandise Trade, Preliminary, Australia, February 2021. More… 24 March 2021 International Merchandise Trade: Confidential Commodities List. More…

Practice and Regulation

IFAM Extension of the International Freight Assistance Mechanism to September 2021 Extension to the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) to ensure commercially viable access to market for Australian exporters of perishable commodities to the end of September 2021. For more information about the extension, please refer to the IFAM webpage and latest fact sheet.

Productivity Commission: Vulnerable supply chain review The Productivity Commission is undertaking a “Vulnerable Supply Chain Review” with an interim Report expected in Late March. The Commission will be taking written submissions on the interim report until April 2021, before producing its final report.

Productivity Commission review into supply chain vulnerabilities Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) evidence provided to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade ‘Inquiry into the Implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for Australia’s foreign affairs, defence and trade’ highlighted the needs for a paradigm shift in government priorities in favour of exporters, importers and logistics providers. In response, we are delighted to advise that the Productivity Commission has released its interim report on Vulnerable Supply Chains Submissions are due by 30 April 2021 (26 March 2021). More…

AMSA Current Marine Notice 2021/01 Focused inspection campaign—livestock ships – Port State control This marine notice provides information to ship owners, operators and masters about the Focused Inspection Campaign (FIC) on livestock ships which will run from 1 March 2021 to 31 August 2021. More…

Focused inspection campaign—float-free EPIRBs We will undertake a focused inspection campaign (FIC) on float-free EPIRB requirements on domestic commercial vessels over the period 1 February to 30 April 2021. More…

Maritime Safety Awareness bulletin issue 13, March 2021—Preventing container loss In issue 13, read about how container loss affects the environment and what measures should be taken to prevent it from happening. Find out about the impact of container loss on safety and the environment and what measures should be considered to prevent it from happening. Read issue 13 of the Maritime Safety Awareness Bulletin.

AMSA: Domestic Commercial Vessel (DCV) safety alert If you are currently operating under an exemption that expires on the 30 June 2020, it has now been automatically extended for 5 years, until 30 June 2025.This Alert is to advise vessel owners, operators, masters, coxswains and crews that the AMSA has taken steps to extend the duration of all National Law certificates of competency. More…

Draft Future Fuels Strategy The Government’s draft strategy is built around three central principles: addressing barriers to the roll out of new vehicle technologies; investment in early-stage infrastructure to stimulate the market and private sector and improving access to information to help people make informed choices. Comments on the discussion paper are open until 2 April 2021. More…

Commonwealth modern slavery statement paper This would report on modern slavery risks in the Government’s procurement and investment activities and explain the steps taken to identify and respond to those risks, and link with Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018. The first Commonwealth Modern Slavery Statement will be published before 31 December 2020. The Commonwealth Modern Slavery Statement scoping paper is available on the Department of Home Affairs website.

Port of Melbourne Modern Slavery Statement FY 2020 March 29, 2021 – Port of Melbourne has published its first Modern Slavery Statement. This has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth), which is an important measure to help address combatting the occurrences of modern slavery and other harmful practices. You can read our statement here.

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The Liberian-registered bulk carrier Anna-Elisabeth has been detained by Australian authorities after the international crew on board complained of insufficient food, bullying aboard the vessel and denial of shore leave.

The complaints from crew were received by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) while the vessel was berthed at the Port Kembla Coal Terminal on Monday.

ITF national coordinator Dean Summers substantiated the crew’s concerns, finding inadequate stores on board and that the crew had not had shore leave since January 23 in South Africa.

“Meat and fish were freezer burnt, and fresh provisions were very low, certainly not enough to get 17 seafarers to Singapore… The master confirmed the food ration was $7 per day for all meals,” said Summers.

The ITF was also surprised to see that the company had a new crew category of “Deck Rider” on their crew list and requested that the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) inspect the vessel, citing: shore leave, lack of provisions, bullying and concern about minimum safe manning and crew qualifications.

The 2008-built 55,700dwt vessel was officially detained by AMSA under the Maritime Labour Convention. The Liberian register is reportedly sending a representative to the ship to work with the master and owners to rectify the deficiencies.

The German owners are Johann M. K. Blumenthal. “We are asking the Australian Government to send an urgent alert around the shipping world to audit and detain Blumenthal ships wherever breaches to human rights and workers’ rights are found,” says Summers. “In recent weeks, ITF inspectors in Europe have uncovered other cases of food shortages on Blumenthal vessels. So right now, Blumenthal is a priority for the ITF, and we will continue to inspect their vessels in ports around the world to ensure that more than 700 seafarers across their fleet aren’t subjected to these exploitative practices.”

Source: maritime-executive

A ship engaged to carry bauxite from Rio Tinto’s operations on Cape York has been detained by Australian authorities for exposing its crew to “appalling conditions” including food and water shortages.

The Movers 3 is one of two Aswan Shipping carriers under detention in the country for multiple breaches of the Maritime Labour Convention.

The Panama-flagged bulk carrier was inspected last month by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and found to have a defective freezer.

“[That] was resulting in unsafe and insufficient food stores for crew, and dwindling fresh water supplies,” AMSA’s executive director of operations Allan Schwartz said.

He said Aswan Shipping had displayed “continued reluctance” to address food shortages and its health and safety obligations towards crew, prompting Rio Tinto to step in.

Ship’s cook quits

Movers 3 arrived in Weipa, North Queensland, with 22 crew, but the cook requested to be repatriated on arrival and a search is underway for a replacement.

In a statement, Rio Tinto said the ship had been chartered by one of its customers to transport bauxite to China.

Source: abc

ISMAILIA: The Suez Canal expects to see 140 more ships pass through the waterway on Tuesday after traffic restarted overnight following the release of a grounded container ship, its chairman said.
Shipping convoys through the canal resumed on Monday evening after tugs pulled the 400-meter-long (430-yard) Ever Given container carrier free from the spot where it became wedged on March 23.
The Ever Given’s stranding across a southern section of the canal forced a halt to all traffic, leading to a build-up of 422 ships at either end of the canal and along its course.
Suez Canal Authority chairman Osama Rabie said 95 ships would pass by 1900 local time (1700 GMT) on Tuesday and a further 45 by midnight, reasserting that he hoped a backlog caused by the blockage would be cleared in three to four days.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said the Ever Given’s grounding had drawn attention to the importance of the waterway for global trade.
“We didn’t hope for something like this, but fate was doing its work. It showed and reaffirmed the reality and importance” of the canal, El-Sisi said as he greeted staff on a visit to the Suez Canal Authority in Ismailia.

Source: arabnews

We are pleased to announce that on 5^th Augost 2020 our Marshall Islands flagged STI Bronx, STI Gramercy, STI Seneca and STI Brooklyn

have obtained  the E-ZERO QUALSHIP 21 certification by the United States Coast Guard.

In order to grant the certification the vessel has meet the below eligibility requirement:

1.  Enrolled in QUALSHIP 21, maintain certification for the past three years and remain eligible for reenrollment.

2. Zero worldwide MARPOL detentions for the vessel in the past three (3) years.

3. Zero environmental deficiencies (MARPOL, 33 CFR Subchapter O, Ballast Water Management, Vessel General Permit, Antifouling) in the U.S. over the past three (3) years.

4. Zero Letters of Warning, Notices of Violation or Civil Penalties related to Right Whale Mandatory Ship Reporting or speed restriction violations over the past 5 (five) years.

5. Installed CG type-approved Ballast Water Management (BWM) system or operating without a BWM compliance date extension letter granted in accordance with 33 CFR 151.2036

This achievement resonates with our on-going tenacious efforts to maintain high standards in every aspect of Optimum Ship Services operations

and this qualification is considered as a milestone in establishing our company a reliable provider of worldwide seaborne

transportation and ship management services.

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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 and ports. Next, the focus will be on increasing tankers’ navigation safety.

For this, STM BALT Safe project is signing up 50 tankers that frequently sail in the Baltic Sea and upgrading their ECDIS for route information sharing.

Wärtsilä Voyage won the contract to upgrade ECDIS on these ships. Wärtsilä Voyage director Torsten Büssow said tanker owners can securely share route information with vessel traffic system (VTS) operators in the region by upgrading ECDIS.

“We believe standardised information sharing is an important key to improving safety and efficiency in the shipping industry,” said Mr Büssow.

During this STM project, Saab-based VTS in Estonia, Navielektro-based VTS in Finland and the new VTS-system in Sweden will be able receive and send route plans to vessels.

This will enable e-navigation services, such as route cross-check and risk situation alerts, to improve tanker safety.

Information is transferred via automatic information systems (AIS) between ships. It is shared between ships and shore through the Maritime Digital Infrastructure.

STM BALT Safe project ship testbed manager Cajsa Jersler Fransson expects these tanker ECDIS upgrades to be part of a voyage towards a more connected future.

“With installations happening this year, we will be able to analyse data from the interaction between ships and between ships and shore,” Mr Fransson said.

Source: rivieramm

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 marine information leading to improvements in safety, security and protecting the marine environment, reducing the administrative burden on seafarers.

IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim was satisfied with the sub-committee’s progress and approval of a number of drafts and amendments.

“The actions taken and decisions made by this sub-committee are key for the implementation of effective measures for safe navigation,” he said. “For improved co-ordination to avoid maritime accidents and ensure a quick and efficient response in case of a search and rescue incident.”

“The actions taken and decisions made by this sub-committee are key for the implementation of effective measures for safe navigation”

The NCSR 6 sub-committee agreed with requests from delegations that IMO should work in collaboration with member states to lead on e-navigation. “There is no doubt that IMO should continue to lead these developments and address all safety aspects of navigation, including the harmonisation of maritime services in the context of e-navigation,” said Mr Lim.

IMO will partner with others to further develop, harmonise and define e-navigation maritime services including:

• Vessel traffic services.
• Communicating maritime safety information*.
• Vessel shore reporting.
• Ice navigation.
• Search and rescue.
• Pilotage and tug services.
• Telemedical assistance.
• Meteorological and hydrographic information.

Draft guidance agreed

In the meantime, IMO has drafted guidelines on performance standards for navigation equipment on ship bridges. This includes a draft Marine Safety Committee (MSC) circular on guidelines for standardising user interface design for navigation equipment.

IMO’s aim is to promote standardisation of human-machine interfaces and information used by seafarers to monitor, manage and perform navigational tasks to enhance situational awareness and improve navigation safety. These guidelines apply to integrated navigation systems (INS), ECDIS, radar and other bridge equipment with an interface.

Along with this, NCSR 6 agreed draft amendments to the performance standards for presenting navigation-related information on shipborne navigational displays, including radar, ECDIS and INS. Revised performance standards will come into force on 1 January 2024.

IMO’s sub-committee finalised draft updates to guidelines written to cover presenting navigational-related symbols on bridge systems to achieve harmonisation across equipment.

Another achievement in January was agreeing a draft MSC resolution covering guidance on defining and harmonising the format and structure of maritime e-navigation services to be implemented internationally, as opposed to the current regional testbeds.

It was agreed that all maritime services should conform with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) S-100 framework standard, which specifies the method for data modelling and developing product specifications.

There was also agreement on a draft MSC circular covering the initial descriptions of e-navigation maritime services. These would be periodically updated to account for developments and related work on harmonisation.

VDR and Polar Code

NCSR 6 agreed to draft amendments to MSC circulars updating the guidelines on annually testing voyage data recorders (VDRs) and simplified VDRs, thereby clarifying the examination of float-free capsules approved in accordance with resolution MSC.333(90).

Another achievement was submitting draft guidance for navigation and communication equipment used on ships operating in polar waters to the next MSC. This includes recommendations on mechanical shock testing, temperature parameters, addressing ice accretion and battery performance in cold temperatures. This will be fed into an update of IMO’s Polar Code later this year.

NCSR 6 established traffic separation schemes, associated routeing measures, precautionary areas and recommended traffic flow directions in the Sunda and Lombok Straits, Indonesia to reduce the risk of ship collisions and groundings.

Source: rivieramm

NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey awarded a 5-year cooperative agreement to the University of New Hampshire for the continuation of the Joint Hydrographic Center. The Joint Hydrographic Center is a NOAA/University research and education partnership aimed at maintaining a world-leading center of excellence in hydrography and ocean mapping. The new award, which will begin in January 2021, will build on the work of the Center since its founding in 1999.

In announcing the award with New Hampshire’s congressional delegation on August 27, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, ranking member on the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittee, noted, “The University of New Hampshire’s Joint Hydrographic Center is a national center of excellence that has deepened our understanding of the world’s oceans. The Center is making significant contributions to education, research and technological advances in ocean mapping and hydrographic sciences, and it’s important that this work continue to be funded.”

The Joint Hydrographic Center has had a long history of developing tools and techniques that had a major impact on the field of hydrography as well as educating many of the leaders in the field.  Over the last five years, the Center:

• continued in the development of innovative new approaches to increase the efficiency and accuracy of ocean mapping data processing,
• developed new approaches for calibrating mapping systems and extracting bathymetric data from satellite imagery,
• pioneered the use of autonomous vehicles for hydrographic and other mapping applications,
• developed tools to locate, visualize and quantify gas and oil seeps from the seafloor,
• explored the use of ocean mapping data to better understand seafloor and fisheries habitat, and
• developed innovative new approaches for visualizing, in both 3- and 4-D a range of oceanographic and ocean mapping data.

“I am thrilled that NOAA will continue its support for the Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire,” said Rear Admiral Shepard M. Smith, director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey. “This has been Coast Survey’s most important partnership in the past two decades as we have led the global hydrographic community in technology and advanced navigation services, and integrated these services across the ocean mapping community.”

In the next five years we expect the Joint Hydrographic Center to continue at the forefront of hydrographic and ocean mapping research and education, leading in the development of the tools and approaches for defining the next generation of hydrography and training the next generation of hydrographers and ocean mappers.  In line with Coast Survey’s strategic plan, our cooperative efforts at the Center will focus on three main themes:

• Advance the Technology to Map U.S. Waters,
• Advance the Technology for Digital Navigation Services, and
• Develop and Advance Marine Geospatial and Soundscape Expertise.

Projects under these themes will include making autonomous mapping vehicles and systems truly autonomous, taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools to provide situational awareness for these un-crewed vessels and aerial drones, and developing “edge” processing software that will work on the vehicles to minimize the data that needs to be transmitted back to shore. We will look for new ways to work in and take advantage of the “cloud,” again using AI/ML techniques to increase the efficiency and the accuracy of our data processing approaches. We will also focus on the concept of “characterizing” the seafloor and the water column looking for techniques that will allow our echo sounders to help us determine “what” we are looking at.

The Center will support the growing demand for precision navigation, investigating and developing novel, perceptually optimized visualization techniques for mariner-friendly display of modern navigational and oceanographic data products. Not only do these products include high-resolution bathymetry and shoreline, but also real-time and forecast water levels, ocean and estuary flow models from NOAA’s Operational Forecast Systems, AIS vessel traffic, and bridge air gap sensors. As part of this effort, the Center will investigate how to fit the visualizations within ECDIS standardized presentation modes and how to implement these techniques within ECDIS/PPU systems while simultaneously providing supplemental visual analysis tools to support decision making. Extending the mode in which these tools may be utilized we will also explore the use of augmented reality (AR) to provide heads-up navigational information to mariners.

The Joint Hydrographic Center’s most lasting contribution may be the new generation of hydrographers, ocean mappers, and ocean data scientists who are educated in the program.  Since its founding, the center has awarded 183 graduate degrees and graduate certificates to students from the United States and 50 other countries, many of which are taking leading roles in the international hydrographic community.

Source: nauticalcharts