Enhanced Situational Awareness to Improve Maritime Safety in the Baltic () BONUS Kick-off Meeting Robert Guinness Finnish Geodetic Institute 27 August 2014
is... "a feasibility study of an integrated system for enhancing maritime safety, which incorporates the latest technological advances in positioning, e-navigation, Earth observation systems, and multi-channel cooperative communications." "user-driven crowdsourcing techniques for information gathering and integration." "taking the best ideas that have been implemented for land navigation and appropriately adapting them for use at sea." "providing an enhanced situational awareness solution for all ships operating in the Baltic..." 2
Overview 3
Use Case Scenarios An oil spill in the Baltic A situation where re-routing is necessary due to significant icing in the Baltic A situation where satellite navigation such as GPS is not available due to jamming A case of extreme weather where multiple vessels are in distress. 4
User Survey Web-based survey received 166 responses from 21 countries (most from Baltic countries) 5
User Survey Results overall validated the need and benefits of. E.g. Average rating of importance of situational awareness to maintaining safe maritime operations was 4.4 (on scale 1-5). A common sentiment was that the developed system should have a high level of autonomy. Vessels already have small crew sizes and a lot of information to provide to different authorities. Differences were seen among users of pleasure craft and those of commercial ships, mainly in the type of user interface desired. 6
System Architecture Authorities onshore based system (Control room) Server(s) OpenVPN connections Internet External data sources IVEF protocol Small boat system Ship system Authorities vessel system Sensor station system Robert.Guinness@fgi.fi 7
Small boats GUI #1 Note! This GUI is just an example for simple small vessel pad application.
Ships GUI #2 Note! This GUI is just an example for ship pad application with more functionalities.
Synergies with other BONUS projects GEOILWATCH Using crowdsourcing as additional means of oil spill detection. Communicating oil spill areas to ships (i.e. keep out zones) HARDCORE Integration of coastal radar to situational awareness picture CHANGE Reporting of violations General: environmental monitoring using crowdsourcing techniques Robert.Guinness@fgi.fi 10
Conclusions aims to enhance situational awareness by integrating navigation, EO, and communication technologies and linking different elements in the maritime system. A key element is sharing of information (crowdsourcing) among ships, both large and small, as well as to/from maritime authorities. Interfaces and functionalities will be customized based on type of ship or system. Key design goals are intuitive interfaces and high level of autonomy. Robert.Guinness@fgi.fi 11
Thank you. robert.guinness@fgi.fi Photo by Barry Mangham
Back-up Material
Workpackages of Leader WP Analysis Performance assessments via field & lab tests Simulation Demonstrator Other FGI WP1: Concept Consolidation and Validation x MUS WP2: Identification of Users & Stakeholders and User Requirement Analysis x FGI FGI FURU MUS SSPA FGI WP3: State-of-the-art Analysis and x x Technology Evaluation WP4: System Architecture x x WP5: Proof-of-concept x x WP6: Economic and Non-economic Viability Analysis WP7: Road Map Development WP8: Project Management x x x 14
- Small boat system interfaces Server(s) Android tablet -chart based graphical user interface Internet WLAN Vessel Id Position Route 2G/3G/4G Added value information Wireless router Communication equipment Ethernet Gateway 15
Ship system interfaces Server(s) Android tablet / PC -chart based graphical user interface Internet Vessel Id Added value information WLAN Position Route Gateway Ethernet SAT COM 2G/3G/4G -DGPS position -Radar targets -AIS targets -Routes Communication system Ship existing systems 16
- Authorities vessel system interfaces Server(s) Display -chart based graphical user interface Surveillance camera Internet SAT COM DVI RS-422 2G/3G/4G Workstation Ethernet Gateway Ethernet Ethernet Ice radar Oil radar -DGPS position -Radar targets -AIS targets Communication system Ship existing systems 17
- Sensor station interfaces Server(s) Display -chart based graphical user interface Surveillance camera Internet DVI RS-422 SAT COM 2G/3G/4G Processor Ethernet Gateway Ethernet ADSL Ethernet Surveillance radar Oil radar Other sensors -DGPS position -AIS targets Communication system 18
- Control room interfaces Server(s) Display(s) -chart based graphical user interface Camera Display(s) Internet DVI DVI Workstation Ethernet SAT COM 2G/3G/4G ADSL Control unit Track ball Joystick Communication system 19