Annual General Assembly 2005 - Malmö

Section 2

Ship Monitoring System using Communication Satellite for Maritime Safety.

K. INOUE, H. USUI, K. HIRONO, W. SERA - Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, Japan.

ABSTRACT

Any subsequent action to ensure safety can be made only when the current safety level is shown quantitatively, and safety cannot be attained if there is any discrepancy in safety recognition between the controlling party and the controlled party. That is, the significance of Assessment Technology, which is an important technology for safety management, cannot be overlooked. Furthermore, it is nonetheless important to ensure shared common safety recognition between operators of the base station on shore and the navigators on board.

The primary target of this study is to establish a ship-shore communication network using satellite communication technology between the FUKAE MARU and the base station in the FUKAE campus. The secondary target is to develop assessment technology that is capable of quantitatively assessing safety in various ship operating modes required for assisting safe ship operation from the shore side. And, the ultimate goal of this study is to promote research and development on safety management technology to assist the safe operation of ships from shore, by incorpo rating assessment technology into the prototype experiment system for the ship-shore communication network.

Keywords: safety management system, information technology, assessment technology, safe ship operation.

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