New innovative digital technology will assist ships arriving at the Port of Rotterdam (PoR) by making port planning easier.
Sea Traffic Management, STM, and the PoR have established electronic exchange of arrival times between ships and port. 300 ships in the STM Validation Project are thus able to share their voyage plan schedules, directly from their ECDIS/navigation system, with the PoR electronically. This will improve the quality and predictability of arrival info in port systems and navigation systems onboard.
The updates of the planned time of arrival are shared automatically, which reduces the need for manual communication. When the port authority adjusts the planned time of arrival, the update is automatically transmitted to the ship and displayed as a text message onboard.
Standardisation
STM is about standardisation rather than specific solutions. The integration with the PoR re-uses the same standard data formats, APIs and authentication mechanism via the Maritime Connectivity Platform, as many other services in the STM project. Several leading ECDIS and VTS system providers already support these standards in their products. Integration with systems in other ports is therefore simple.
STM Validation Project
The STM Validation Project will demonstrate the STM concept in large-scale test beds in both the Nordic and Mediterranean Seas, encompassing around 300 vessels, 13 ports and 5 shore based service centres as well as using the European Maritime Simulator Network.
