Sea Traffic Management and related projects and sub-concepts have gained increased popularity in media over time. Below you find articles and news items from various sources writing about STM. Click on "visit page" to reach the publishing source and read the article.
2018 Apr – Digital Ship – Helsinki Commission adopts STM e-Navigation recommendationThe 39th meeting of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) in Brussels has thrown its support behind the Sea Traffic Management (STM) e-Navigation programme, recommending further testing of the systems developed by the project in the Baltic Sea. |
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2018 Apr – Digital Ship Newsletter – Helsinki Commission adopts STM e-Navigation recommendationThe 39th meeting of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) in Brussels has thrown its support behind the Sea Traffic Management (STM) e-Navigation programme, recommending further testing of the systems developed by the project in the Baltic Sea. |
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2018 Apr – The Maritime Executive – HELCOM Shows Support for STM e-Navigation ProjectThe 39th meeting of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) in Brussels March 5 adopted a revised recommendation that demonstrated support for the Sea Traffic Management (STM) system. HELCOM wants shipping to decrease the risk of accidents and has identified e-navigation through STM as one of the prime tools for achieving this. |
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2018 Mar – Fathom World – Global port operations can save up to $12bn annually with better communicationTERMINAL operators and other companies involved in port operations can save millions of dollars if even simple information such as a vessel’s real arrival and departure times can be more accurate and other time stamp information disseminated better. |
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2018 Mar – HELCOM Maritime Assessment 2018 – MEASURES TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF NAVIGATION IN THE BALTIC SEAEven if safety culture on board ships is perhaps the key factor in ensuring safety of navigation in the Baltic Sea, accidents and accidental spills can be reduced by various safety measures by the coastal states. |
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2018 Mar – Sjöfartsverket – #lättaankar i nya numret av Sjörapporten (Swedish)Sjöfarten är inte skonad från sexuella trakasserier. Det blir tydligt när #metoo-uppropen i sociala medier har nått sjöfarten under namnet #lättaankar. |
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2018 Mar – Skärgårdsbryggan – Sjöfartens #meetoo-upprop: #lättaankar (Swedish)Sjöfarten är inte skonad från sexuella trakasserier. #metoo-uppropen i sociala medier har nått sjöfarten under namnet #lättaankar. Nya numret av tidningen Sjörapporten handlar om genus och jämställdhet. Dessutom får du följa med steg för steg från sjömätning till färdigt sjökort. I tidningen presenteras resultatet i den nordiska fototävlingen för sjöfolk. På Östersjön effektiviseras resor mellan Stockholm och Åbo genom Sea traffic management och som alltid finns sidorna OMBORD för dig som arbetar till sjöss. |
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2018 Mar – Fathom World – Proving that port-to-port communication can save shipowners moneyLimassol, the main port of Cyprus, has been highlighted as an example of how improved port to port communications can financially benefit shipowners and terminals that are keen to drive up efficiency. |
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2018 Mar – Cyprus University of Technology – The port of Limassol and its important role in the Eastern Mediterranean receive spotlight attention in Fathom World NewsWithin the framework of the Activity «Port Collaborative Decision Making (PortCDM)» of the European Research Programme «Sea Traffic Management (STM) Validation», which will be completed by the end of 2018, the research team of PortCDM headed by Professor Mikael Lind, who is a member of the Swedish Research Institute RISE Viktoria, has recently published a number of articles in Fathom World News regarding recent developments in information sharing and collaborative decision making at the ports and the relative benefits, while promoting at the same time the STM/ PortCDM concept to the international maritime community. |
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2018 Mar – Naucher – EL PROYECTO EUROPEO ‘SEA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT’ ENTRA EN SU ÚLTIMO AÑO DE DESARROLLO (Spanish)En su último año, el proyecto de validación para la Gestión del Tráfico Marítimo (STM) celebra su reunión técnica anual en la ciudad de Tallin en Estonia, con la participación de cerca de 200 delegados de las más de 40 empresas involucradas. En este momento es hora de poner en situación el estado de progreso del proyecto con el fin de informar a la Comisión Europea, que financia el proyecto, acerca de los resultados y logros obtenidos. |
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2018 Mar – Fathom World – Ports, Walmart and the Tragedy of the CommonsInternational ports and terminals can benefit by learning from companies such as Walmart, Ford and Emirates, the UAE airline, argues a group of port efficiency experts and not falling foul to the “Tragedy of the Commons.” |
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2018 Feb – Safety4Sea – Enabling effective port resource managementThe successful operation of a port requires its independent parties to share data to ensure efficient episodic tight coupling, but, to move beyond an operational perspective to long-term resource management, a greater level of data exchange is required, according to the EU-funded STM Validation project in a publication explaining the concept of Port Collaborative Decision Making (PortCDM). |
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2018 Feb – Naucher – CRECE EL INTERÉS POR EL SEA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ENTRE LOS MIEMBROS DE LA OMI (Spanish)La Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) ha celebrado esta semana una reunión de trabajo en la que sus delegados han podido conocer de primera mano los avances que representa el Sea Traffic Management (STM) para el transporte marítimo y cómo sus objetivos se alinean a la perfección con la estrategia de e-navegación que tiene en marcha el organismo internacional. |
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2018 Feb – Viktoria RISE – Sea Traffic Management in mediaSince 2013, RISE Viktoria has been part of defining the Sea Traffic Management concept (within the MONALISA and STM validation projects). As one of these efforts, RISE Viktoria has been in the lead of defining and validating the concept of Port Collaborative Decision Making (PortCDM). |
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2018 Feb – Fathom World – Is it too late for shipping to collaborate to improve?In a second concept note for Fathom World, Mikael Lind and others ask if the benefits of digital collaboration seen in so many other industries have passed by actors in the shipping and port sector which have been slow to adapt to change, instead holding on to competitive siloed attitudes. |
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2018 Feb – Maritime Search and Rescue – Exercise SCOPE 2017 reveals key operational requirementsAs the volume of vessel traffic, including cruise ships, continues to increase, so too does the risk of an incident. There is now an urgent need to train and prepare for large scale incidents that could include mass rescue or large oil spill response. |
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2018 Feb – Shipping Herald – SMART4SEA Conference: Focus on barriers & drivers to digital transformation in shippingThe 2018 SMART4SEA Conference successfully concluded on Wednesday 31st of January, at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) at the Bookcastle of the National Library of Greece, attracting 500 delegates from 20 countries representing a total of 240 organizations. |
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2018 Feb – Marine Electronics & Communications – New E-Navigation Project for Scandinavian ferries and portsScandinavian ferries will take e-navigation to the next stage under a €4.5M (US$5.3M) Sea Traffic Management (STM) Project. |
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2018 Feb – Digital Ship – STM project expandsThe Sea Traffic Management (STM) Project has received EU funding from the Interreg Central Baltic Programme to support a new programme called EfficientFlow, which will aim to improve traffic management in the ports of Rauma, Finland and Gävle, Sweden, as well as STM-enabled traffic flow management for large ferries that sail through the archipelago between Sweden and Finland. |
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2018 Feb – Digital Ship – MCP project completes Korean testThe first full sea trials of the Maritime Connectivity Platform (MCP), created via a partnership between the EfficienSea2 and STM Validation projects in Europé and the Korean SMART Navigation Project, have been successfully completed with a demonstration of the technology in Korea. |
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