DIGITAL SHIP NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBER VERSION August 1, 2002 Inside this issue SUPPLY CHAINS * World Shipping Council supports US Customs against terrorism initiative * Savi Technology works with Greybox Logistics for container tracking in New Zealand * APL selects Mercator to provide EDI/XML translation * INTTRA completes NYK Line pilot * BIMCO adds new forms to its online document editing application SHIP SHORE COMMUNICATION * STN to launch Inmarsat Fleet terminal at SMM * Thuraya introduces fleet management services * Comrod launches combination VHF / GSM antenna * Zenitel to supply search and rescue communications equipment in Galapagos * STN Atlas upgrades VTS facilities in Gladstone, Queensland MARITIME ELECTRONICS * MARIS to develop low cost marine IT products with COSCO * QinetiQ supplies satellite pictures to help ships navigate through ice * Xenex Navigation introduces radar interface module * CVigil integrates port radars and closed circuit TV * Europort 2003 70 per cent booked _______ **** SUPPLY CHAINS **** World Shipping Council supports US Customs against terrorism initiative http://www.worldshipping.org Member lines of the World Shipping Council, which counts nearly all major shipping lines among its membership, have confirmed their intent to join the US Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism initiative (C-TPAT). This means that shipping lines representing over 75 per cent of the container shipping capacity serving the US have declared their intent to sign up to the program. The initiative aims to improve cargo security without compromising the flow of cargo into and out of the US. Crowley Maritime Corporation, one of the shipping lines involved, says it will implement a verifiable, documented program to enhance security in its supply chain and exchange certain intelligence and security surveys with US Customs. Crowley will limit access to vessels while in port, conduct background checks on employees, establish procedures to safeguard its information systems from unauthorized use, visually inspect the interiors of empty containers prior to loading in foreign ports, and notify Customs of shippers, or cargoes, with irregular profiles. In addition, Crowley will search vessels, prepare a vessel search checklist and secure all areas prior to vessels' arrivals at their first US port, designate port and vessel liaisons for Customs to contact, and conduct unannounced security checks. "Once policies are in effect, imports by C-TPAT member companies would be given expedited processing at ports of entry," Crowley comments. "As an original signatory to the U.S. Customs' Super Carrier Initiative Agreement (SCIA) we have been conducting many of these security functions for years." _______ Savi Technology works with Greybox Logistics for container tracking in New Zealand http://www.savi.com Greybox Logistics Services, a container management subsidiary of container leasing company Transamerica, has announced an "alliance" with supply chain security company Savi Technology, focussing initially on Australia and New Zealand. The two companies will "jointly identify customer organizations that can most benefit from enhanced security and improved asset management." They will then "implement innovative solutions to reduce cost and increase both the security of container shipments and the profitability of shipping companies. Bringing the two company's expertise together is interesting. Greybox has an understanding of container logistics and how to keep track of a fleet of containers; Savi has knowledge about security of container shipments. Greybox provides container logistics management services to Tasman Orient Line, Austral Asia Line and Oldendorff Carriers. It will suggest to these clients that they use Savi's "SmartSeal" container seal tag, which will detect and report any tampering activity. _______ APL selects Mercator to provide EDI/XML translation http://www.mercator.com Shipping line APL has selected Mercator Software to help integrate its business software applications with those of its customers and other business partners. APL will deploy "Mercator Data Exchange Solution" across its business and that of its logistics partner company APL Logistics. The solution is designed to enhance management and processing of high volumes of EDI and XML messages. _______ INTTRA completes NYK Line pilot http://www.inttra.com Container shipping line backed portal INTTRA has completed its pilot program with shipping line NYK, connecting in the NYKJ Pegasus e-commerce system with the INTTRA portal. Since the integration over 100 INTTRA customers have requested NYK cargo services. _______ BIMCO adds new forms to its online document editing application http://www.bimco.dk Danish maritime organisation BIMCO has added a number of new forms to its online Internet Document Editing Application (IDEA). 200 companies are now using the system, including shipowners, brokers, managers, port agents and law firms. There have also been 450 trial users. The system enables documents to be put together online at low cost and then easily shared and edited between different users. It includes voyage and time charter parties, ship and crew management agreements, towage contracts, bills of lading and statement of fact. _______ **** SHIP SHORE COMMUNICATION **** STN to launch Inmarsat Fleet terminal at SMM http://www.stn-atlas.de German maritime electronics company STN Atlas will be launching a Debeg Inmarsat Fleet terminal at the forthcoming SMM exhibition in Hamburg (September 24-29 this year). It will also exhibit its Ship Control Centre, integrating and automating all bridge equipment, as well as developments carried out jointly by STN Atlas and Lyngsų Marine under their new alliance. _______ Thuraya introduces fleet management services http://www.thuraya.com Satellite communications company Thuraya has launched a "Fleet Management System," which is applicable to managing all kinds of mobile fleets, from ships to taxicabs. Units installed in the mobile object give out tracking reports over Thuraya, with the data gathered to produce a map of the object's location. Thuraya is working together with Teknobil of Turkey and Danimex of Denmark, two companies which have already put together fleet management services over GSM (cellular phone) communications. _______ Comrod launches combination VHF / GSM antenna http://www.comrod.com Norwegian maritime electronics company Comrod has launched a multifunction antenna system MAS1. The antenna allows transmitting and receiving through a single cable, for data including Navtex, DGPS, AM/FM radio, Weatherfax, VHF communications and cellular GSM. The antenna only requires one cable. _______ Zenitel to supply search and rescue communications equipment in Galapagos http://www.zenitel.biz Maritime communications company Zenitel has won a contract to supply, install and commission coastal radio communication equipment for co-ordination of Search and Rescue operations in the Marine Reserve Zone of Galapagos, South America. The equipment will include VHF transmitters and receivers, MHF transmitters and receivers, and associated control equipment. The Navtex service to provide navigational and meterological warnings to shipping will also be supplied. _______ STN Atlas upgrades VTS facilities in Gladstone, Queensland http://www.stn-atlas.de Maritime electronics company STN Atlas has upgraded its VTS facilities in the Port of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia, the largest alumina refinery in the world. It has upgraded the radar track processor and equipped a new workstation for monitoring traffic conditions, overlaying radar onto an electronic chart. _______ **** MARITIME ELECTRONICS **** MARIS to develop low cost marine IT products with COSCO http://www.maris.no Norwegian maritime software company MARIS has signed a joint development agreement with the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO), national flag carrier of China, to produce a range of low cost navigation and marine IT products for the world shipping market, sold under MARIS and COSCO / Electronic Navigation Systems (ENS) names. Electronic Navigation Systems (ENS) is an existing COSCO company operating out of COSCO UK offices in Barking, Essex, supplying maritime products to the COSCO fleet. MARIS is owned by a number of shipping companies and two of the largest capital investment funds in Norway along with the Norwegian government and its managers. Initially MARIS / ENS will deliver the following products to COSCO: fleet management systems, electronic chart display and information systems; PC radar kits and voyage data recorders. _______ QinetiQ supplies satellite pictures to help ships navigate through ice http://www.qinetiq.com UK technology company QinetiQ (previously DERA) is announced a deal to supply real time satellite pictures to the Danish Meterological Institute (DMI). DMI will use this data to map ice concentrations around Greenland's coastal waters, covering ice concentration, thickness and age, generating ice charts for safe vessel navigation. The satellite data is sent to QinetiQ's satellite ground station in West Freugh, Scotland, which has a footprint covering from the East Coast of Canada to Eastern Europe. _______ Xenex Navigation introduces radar interface module http://www.xenex.com Xenex Navigation of Vancouver has launched a radar interface module, for interfacing radar with a PC computer. The module will be used in Xenex's 2000 product series. _______ CVigil integrates port radars and closed circuit TV http://www.cvigil.co.uk UK maritime security technology company CVigil has developed technology to link port vessel traffic management system radars with closed circuit television to form a combined tracking system. It is also investigating the possibility of building a shipboard system. CVigil is also offering a document scanning service, Tech-Scan, archiving a shipping company's paper documents onto a CD-ROM. The service is aimed at shipowners with lots of delicate paper drawings, helping them keep the drawings in good condition because they can be perused digitally, and freeing up office space because the drawings do not need to be stored in the office. "A complete ship's drawings can usually be stored on one or two CDs," the company says. _______ Europort 2003 70 per cent booked http://www.europort2003.com Europort 2003, the maritime exhibition to be held in Amsterdam on November 18-22, 2003, is already 70 per cent reserved, the organisers say. DIGITAL SHIP LTD 213 MARSH WALL LONDON E14 9FJ UK