• 2019 April 8 18:04

    MPA and IALA organise first joint e-navigation workshop

    The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is co-organising a workshop with the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) to support the operationalisation of e-navigation solutions, the first since Singapore’s election to the IALA Council in 2018.

    E-navigation, a concept driven by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and like-minded nations including Singapore, aims to make marine navigation safer and marine communications more reliable, as well as to reduce accidents and damage to the environment.

    The MPA-IALA e-navigation workshop will run from 8 to 10 April, and will discuss and develop options to test and operationalise e-navigation solutions. An implementation roadmap will be formalised to guide the developmental work and the execution of tasks to achieve operational capabilities. The workshop is attended by representatives from the maritime community, including maritime administrations, port authorities, industry, academia and shipping associations.

    The following announcements related to e-navigation were also announced by Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Health, at the opening ceremony:

    MPA is supporting a project under its Maritime Transformation Programme, to develop a satellite Very High Frequency-based data exchange system (VDES) with a global coverage. This involves a partnership between A*STAR’s Institute of Infocomm Research, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and industry partners.

    VDES is expected to complement the current Automatic Identification System (AIS) and enable high capacity two-way data exchanges between shore and sea. VDES will help unlock new applications such as Maritime Single Window and digital maritime services, thereby improving safety and security at sea, and enhancing operational efficiency on ships and in the port.

    Singapore, through MPA, partnered Norway in the Secure, Efficient and Safer Maritime Traffic Management in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SESAME Straits) e-navigation testbed research project. The objective of SESAME Straits was to develop and validate new operating concepts as well as innovative solutions, for bringing about greater shared situational awareness and collaborative decision making between ship and shore-based personnel.

    As a follow up, SESAME Solution II has been launched to realise e-navigation concepts and developments, as aligned to IMO’s e-navigation Strategy Implementation Plan (SIP) Solutions. Together with local partners comprising research institutes and industry, MPA will renew its partnership with the Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kongsberg Norcontrol Pte Ltd and other members of the Norwegian consortium on this endeavour.

    To further advance international partnerships on e-navigation development work and to support the enhancement of safety and security of maritime navigation, the world’s largest shipping body – the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), and its two key regional partners – the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) and the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the event.

    Under the MOU, the three associations will cooperate on matters affecting the interests of shipowners and operators, including technical and operational matters and promotion of best practices throughout the industry such as e-navigation solutions.

    About IALA

    IALA is a non-profit, international technical association. Established in 1957, it gathers together marine aids to navigation authorities, manufacturers, consultants, and, scientific and training institutes from all parts of the world and offers them the opportunity to exchange and compare their experiences and achievements.

    IALA encourages its members to work together in a common effort to harmonise aids to navigation worldwide and to ensure that the movements of vessels are safe, expeditious and cost effective while protecting the environment.

    Taking into account the needs of mariners, developments in technology and the requirements and constraints of aids to navigation authorities, a number of technical committees have been established bringing together experts from around the world.

    The work of the committees is aimed at developing common best practice standards through publication of IALA Standards, Recommendations and Guidelines.

    This work ensures that mariners have aids to navigation which will meet their needs both now and in the future. Thus IALA contributes to a reduction of marine accidents, increased safety of life and property at sea, as well as the protection of the marine environment.

    IALA, through its World-Wide Academy also encourages cooperation between nations to assist developing nations in establishing aids to navigation networks in accordance with the degree of risk for the waterway concerned.


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