The Fifth Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference
Monaco7 October 2014
John Murray
Director - Marine
International Chamber of Shipping
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What is ICS
• International trade association for shipowners
• Represents all sectors and trades, 85% world fleet
• Members - national shipowners’ associations from 36 countries
• Represents shipowners at IMO and other bodies that impact on shipping
• Best practice guidelines
Safety of navigation
• Reliability of charted information
• Contracting Governments
• Official publications
• Accessibility
Safety of navigation
• Reliability of charted information
• Contracting Governments
• Official publications
• Accessibility
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Issues for ICS
Polar navigation
• IHO President advised IMO of risk
• Need for adequate charts
• Communicate
• Partnership
Polar navigation
• IHO President advised IMO of risk
• Need for adequate charts
• Communicate
• Partnership
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Reliability of charted information
Contracting Governments undertake to arrange for the collection and compilation of hydrographic data and the publication, dissemination and keeping up to date of all nautical informationnecessary for safe navigation*.
* SOLAS V/9.1
Contracting Governments undertake to arrange for the collection and compilation of hydrographic data and the publication, dissemination and keeping up to date of all nautical informationnecessary for safe navigation*.
* SOLAS V/9.1
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Contracting Governments
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Crowd source
• Potentially valuable resource
• Complementary information
• Verification
• Not substitute for official
Crowd source
• Potentially valuable resource
• Complementary information
• Verification
• Not substitute for official
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Official publications
ECDIS enhanced experience?
• Hydrographic offices
• End users
• Complexity
• Serving or self serving?
ECDIS enhanced experience?
• Hydrographic offices
• End users
• Complexity
• Serving or self serving?
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Accessibility
Communication
• Early engagement
• Discuss issues
• Clarity
• End user
Communication
• Early engagement
• Discuss issues
• Clarity
• End user
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Solution
Thank you for your attention!
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