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• Direct ECDIS connection for Baltic warnings
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  The Baltic Navigational Warning Service, created as part of the STM (Sea Traffic Management) Validation project, has added a function to allow navigational warnings to be sent directly to an onboard ECDIS unit using digital machine to machine communication, automating the process to make information available more quickly and to reduce crew workloads.

• Port of Rotterdam integrates STM
  in Navigation, Autonomy & New Technologies

  The digital navigation data systems developed by the Sea Traffic Management (STM) project have been implemented at the Port of Rotterdam, which will allow for the electronic exchange of arrival times between ships and the port.

• Helsinki Commission adopts STM e-Navigation recommendation
  in Navigation, Autonomy & New Technologies

  The 39th meeting of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) in Brussels has thrown its support behind the Sea Traffic Management (STM) e-Navigation programme, recommending further testing of the systems developed by the project in the Baltic Sea.

• Autonomous ships ‘meet or exceed’ COLREGS when encountering manned vessels
  in Navigation, Autonomy & New Technologies

  Rolls-Royce reports that results from the £1.3 million MAXCMAS (MAchine eXecutable Collision regulations for Marine Autonomous Systems) research project have demonstrated that the operation of autonomous vessels can meet, if not exceed, current collision avoidance (COLREG) rules.

• Wärtsilä buys Transas in €210m deal
  in Navigation, Autonomy & New Technologies

  Wärtsilä has agreed a deal to acquire Transas for €210 million, to leverage its navigation, simulation and monitoring systems in accelerating the development of Wärtsilä’s Smart Marine Ecosystem concept.