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REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SHIP AND SHORE IS HERE
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01 June 2011 by osiladmin
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Autronica Fire and Security has played a key role in the development of FLAGSHIP-ISEMS (Integrated Safety and Emergency Management System), a new system that enables real-time communication between the safety management system and the shore. The innovative new system is now being offered as part of AutroMaster, Autronica’s integrated Safety Management System, and is set to improve crew performance during emergency operations whilst supporting drills and training.
FLAGSHIP-ISEMS was created as part of FLAGSHIP, the pan-European maritime transport project part funded by the EU. It is an integrated, ship to shore system, for the control and monitoring of passenger safety functions on board ship utilising both fixed and mobile assets.
As part of AutroMaster with ISEMS, the new system enables safety officers to work directly with their colleagues on land through the ISEMS solution. Both parties have a full, identical overview of the actual situation onboard using the intuitive AutroMaster graphical display and can exchange requests, advice and instructions in real time. This enables valuable assistance from on shore teams during an emergency as well as making drills and training much more effective.
Incidents on large passenger ships need to be handled effectively to avoid escalation in to serious emergencies. With the new generations of very large ships, this involves support functions residing on shore as well as with the crew on the bridge, and in the engine and hotel sections. The FLAGSHIP-ISEMS software evaluates how available information can be best utilised in a co-operative decision support regime between the ship and its shore based organisation on one side and other interested parties, such as port and coastal authorities.
An important part of emergency preparedness is training and drills, and FLAGSHIP-ISEMS allows a much more holistic approach. It will record the development of any situation – emergency or drills – including deployment of resources and use of the safety management systems. This can be used to analyse the improvement potential as well as develop new and improved training scenarios. If an accident should occur, the system will also record the development of this scenario and enable valuable lessons to be learned.
“The FLAGSHIP-ISEMS project team developed new concepts to enable ship to shore cooperation through the electronic plotting table and associated applications. The results have been well received and elements have already been implemented on board ships in service,” said Per Norman Oma, Section Manager, Software for Autronica Fire and Security and FLAGSHIP.
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