Making operations more efficient

STM will provide the industry with standards and infrastructure to hope to enable improved and new services.

Ships will see the planned routes of nearby ships, giving navigators a more complete picture of surrounding vessels. This information could be used to avoid congested areas or environmentally sensitive areas, as well as receive maritime safety information.

The stands aim to make shipping more efficient and therefore have a passive impact on the industry with information improving planning in terms of arrivals, departures and turnaround times.

This will subsequently aim to lead to a more environmentally friendly standard of shipping.

A consortium defined the STM concept and key performance indicators for four STM strategic enablers.

The flow management services will support both onshore organisations and ships in optimising overall traffic flow. Port CDM services will increase the efficiency of port calls for all stakeholders through improved information sharing and situational awareness.

Voyage management services will support individual ships in both the planning process and during a voyage. The fourth strategic enabler, SeaSWIN (system wide information management) will facilitate data sharing using a common information environment structure.

It is expected that 300 ships will start using STM services on board and 13 ports will implement port collaborative decision making (CDM) solutions, with the project having a budget of €43m.