PLAN FOR DIGITAL SHIP SEPTEMBER 2002

SHIP SHORE COMMUNICATIONS AND SHIPBOARD SOFTWARE 

SMM PREVIEW -  1 page - Yana Lenzner - a review of the new products which will be on display with maritime information technology, in maritime software, ship-shore communications, shipbuilding technology, shipboard electronics and shipbroking software. 

CREW CALLING FEATURE - 1 page - Divay Goel - Availability of crew calling facilities. How far are shipping companies really come in providing crew calling systems onboard vessel? Do most ships actually have phone boxes onboard or is it still just something people talk about? How easy is it for seafarers to obtain phone cards? 

PUTTING DOCUMENTATION TOGETHER ONBOARD - 1.5 pages - Yana Lenzner - what are the most interesting recent developments to use software to help seafarers manage the vast amounts of documentation they are required to put together onboard? Companies likely to be profiled: Maritime Systems / ShipNet, Ulysses-Systems, BASS/SAFIR

SHIP SHORE COMMUNICATIONS IN SINGAPORE - 1.5 pages - Yana Lenzner - how are shipping companies in Singapore using ship shore communications, and how do they think that the greatest value can be achieved in this way? 

MEDICAL SERVICES ONBOARD - Yana Lenzner - 1 page - What are the latest technical developments with providing shipboard medical services, talking to doctors on shore? Companies expected to be profiled Telemedic Systems, GMA, Information Dynamics, RDT

WHEN SEAFARERS GET ON THE INTERNET - 1 page - Johnny Kulukundis - what happens when seafarers get on the internet, and what is the economic case for shipping companies to provide them with access onboard? 

ONBOARD ELECTRONICS

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS - 1 page - Karl Jeffery - a review of the IMO / IALA conference in July 2002 about automatic identification systems, including views from the US Government about how best to improve maritime security; the possibilities of connecting AIS systems to Inmarsat so ships can be tracked at long range and who should pay; the possibilities of delivering weather and tide information over an AIS system. 

What other benefits can the maritime industry gain from AIS, such as being able to reduce demurrage charges, because ports have better information about the incoming ships and so are able to make sure there is a berth available when the ship comes in? Also a report of the Royal Institute of Navigation survey into what seafarers think of AIS. 

VOYAGE DATA RECORDERS FLOAT OR SINK - 1 page - special consultant writer - is there any rational way to work out if voyage data recorders onboard ships should float free or sink with the ship, bearing in mind the history of maritime accidents?

SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMENATARY - Steve Harding - 1 page - Steve Harding continues his commentary about how ship-shore communications can best improve safety and communications, and the pitfalls

LEICA - half page - Karl Jeffery -  Leica has launched an exclusive division to sell its GPS, DGPS and AIS products to the high seas commercial shipping industry. We talked to them about what its really all about. 

SHIPPING SOFTWARE

SHIP AGENTS SOFTWARE - Yana Lenzner (1 page) and Karl Jeffery (half page) - the latest software and collaborative workflow tools for ship agents, helping them integrate with shipping companies and ship suppliers. Includes exclusive interview with Inchcape Shipping about its information technology capability 

SHIPBROKING SOFTWARE - Yana Lenzner (1 page) and Karl Jeffery (1 page) - a review of the latest developments in shipbroking software, in particular how Outlook can be cost effectively configured to perform most shipbroking software applications, and how shipbrokers can manage their messaging volumes. Also: interview with Laycan


SPECIAL SECTION - MARITIME SHIP SECURITY 

VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEMS - Paul Barrett - 1 page - Special profile and interview of the Hong Kong Marine Traffic Control Centre, and how it manages it security of ships passing through Hong Kong

CARGO SECURITY - Paul Barrett - 1 page - an interview with security specialists Pinkerton, talking about how they can improve the security of container shipments 

SEAFARERS AND AIS COMMUNICATIONS - Divay Goel - 1 page - what is the seafarer's perspective on automatic identification systems and long range ship tracking? Are seafarers comfortable with their ships being monitored, and do they like the developments in AIS? Would they be more comfortable with positions being monitored by AIS or less comfortable? 

SAVI TECHNOLOGY - Tim Power - 1 page - exclusive interview with Savi Technology. How does this company actually believe that its technology can improve container shipping security? How can New York feel safer, when it is impossible to manually check all of the containers being delivered into New York and they are all loaded up all over the world? 

PERSPECTIVES FROM THE US - Barry Parker - 1 page - what is the latest opinion and perspectives in New York on maritime security? Topics: container tracking, inspection and intelligence; long range ship tracking 


WORK LOADS 
Karl - 2.5 
Divay - 2
Yana - 7 (need 1 more) 
Tim - 1 
Barry - 1
Paul -2 
total - 15.5 plus 2 from Yana = 17.5


Johnny 1