Annual General Assembly 2003 - Alexandria

Session 4 WGII

Study on the Development of IMIMS to Improve Maritime Education and Training
Xianfu HU, Takeshi NAKAZAWA, Hideaki SUGITA

Kobe University of Mercantile Marine 5-1-1, Fukaeminami-machi Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-0022, JAPAN
E-mail: xfhu@shmtu.edu.cn, nakazawa@cc.kshosen.ac.jp sugita@cc.kshosen.ac.jp

ABSTRACT

This paper deals with the development of the Integrated Marine Information and Management System (IMIMS) based on maritime Information and Communication Technology (ICT), database technology, Artificial Intelligence, fault diagnosis and prediction technology. IMIMS consists of the ship-based system and the shore-based system by sharing the information and databases. The structures and functions of each section are introduced respectively.

IMIMS can provide powerful tools and supports for interactive Maritime Education and Training (MET) by sharing databases and data processing functions. In this paper, how to benefit MET from IMIMS is also described in detail, which includes by sharing the resourceful database, the strong function of fault analysis and evaluation, and by combining with Engine Room Simulator (ERS). Especially, ERS has been used quite extensively on seafarer training for over a couple of decades in order to improve seafarers' practical skills of watchkeeping and UMS services. This kind of connection can improve MET training effect based on the real data from ships. It also can help to improve the physical models and mathematical models of engine room simulator, to make the simulator having tremendous training and research potential, and to perfect the engine room simulator as a MET tool for training and examination on each level of certificates.

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