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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