Information Exchange Automation in Maritime Transport

• Main Authors: Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Banas, A. Wojcik, Tomasz Szewczuk
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gdynia Maritime University 2014-06-01
• Series: TransNav: International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation
• Subjects: Maritime Transport; Information Exchange; Safety at Sea; Information Technology (IT); Intelligent Communication; Automatic Communication; IHO S-100; e-Navigation
• Online Access: http://www.transnav.eu/files/Information Exchange Automation in Maritime Transport,497.pdf

To ensure the safety of maritime transport the access to information must be provided through a commonly used services. However, an equally important task is to determine or agree on interpretation of incoming data and assessment of a current and predicted navigational situation and, in further step, intentions of the participants in the transport process. Thanks to the standardization of information format, automatic information exchange gets increasingly wider. Another step ahead is automatic interpretation of information and automation of negotiation processes - intelligent communication. Rapid development of IT and ICT technologies creates such opportunities. This article presents the results of research on a system of automatic communication and co-operation in maritime transport.