560
TrafficManagementconcept,tobeformedtowardsa
common standardized information sharing
environment and enables a holistic maritime
informationmanagement(Jahn,etal.2012).
2 THESEATRAFFICMANAGEMENTCONCEPT
Today’s bridge equipment gives the officer of the
watch (OOW) a wide information basis about the
actual traffic situation as
well as about the historic
traffic evolvement. The Automatic Identification
System(AIS)givesthepossibilitytotrackotherships
which were not detected by radar. For the
establishment of a comprehensive and broad
situational awareness a significant component is
missing: the intentions of approaching vessels are
stillunknown.Decisionsare
madetoprimarilyaffect
futuretrafficsituation,whichmustbeanticipatedby
the OOW when doing his actual decisions. Thus,
there is actually a certain time gap before other
vesselsdecisionsbecomevisibletotheOOWdueto
theinertiaofvessels,whichmightbecriticalinclose
quartersituationsor
restrictedchannels.
Themajority ofshipsare usingelectronic charts,
which contain their route. Instead of making
assumptions, the existing navigational information
could be compiled in a joint situation picture
providingdecisionsupportforthebridgeteamofall
vesselsinaparticularsurroundingandrelatedshore
sideparties.To
makeuseofthevesselsintentionsis
thenucleusofSTMtakingintoaccounttheprinciples
ofcommunicationandinformationsharing.
TheworkintheSTMdefinitionphaseisinspired
from the SESAR program, which had Air Traffic
Management as one of its outcomes. Despite that,
STMwillnotbean
adaptedcopyoftheATMforthe
sea traffic. It will provide facilities and services
togetherwithallpartiesandinvolvedseabornessuch
thatthetrafficmanagementontheseaandmaritime
space integrate dynamically. The development of
STMtakesintoconsiderationthattheintermodalsea
transport is an irreplaceable
part of the multimodal
transportchain(Correaetal.2014).
2.1 ThedefinitionofSTM
The STM Concept is an information and
communication centered approach enabling
stakeholders in maritime domain to perform
operationsoptimallyforownpurposeaswellassea
trafficsystems.Inordertoachievesaferandefficient
sea
transports, that will lead to a reduced
environmental impact the Sea Traffic Management
concept is being defined in the Mona Lisa 2.0 as
following:
“Sea Traffic Management (STM) is a concept
encompassing all actors, actions, and services
assistingmaritimetrafficfromporttoport.STMisa
part of the
multimodal logistics supply chain,
encompassingseaaswellasshorebasedoperations.
TheSTMconceptincludesconceptsforstrategicand
dynamic voyage management, flow management,
port collaborative decision making, and the service
based communication infrastructure concept
SeaSWIM. STM puts an emphasis on interoperable
andharmonizedsystemsallowingashiptooperate
inasafeandefficientmannerfromporttoportwith
aminimalimpactontheenvironment.”
The development of STM should encompass in
futureallactors,actionsandsystems(infrastructure)
assisting maritime transport from port to port. The
followingfiveconceptsaretheenablingonesforthe
holisticSTM
concept.Thefirstfourmatcheswiththe
phasesavoyageandthelastone istheinformation
sharinginfrastructurethatismissinginshipping.
StrategicVoyageManagement(SVM)
Thescopeofthisconceptistooptimizetheinitial
planning phase of a voyage. As the shipping
companyisplanningthe
voyageinordertofulfill
its own needs and requirement and with the
scopetobesuccessful,thisphaseisalsocalledthe
strategicone.Givingthecompaniesthepossibility
tocheckallthefactorsandconstraintsthataffect
thevoyageiswhatstrategicvoyagemanagement
does. One of the
factors may be the information
fromotherpartiesconnectedtothatvoyage.SVM
includeslongandshorttimestrategicplanningof
a voyage but the biggest advantages of using
SVMrelatedservicesis whenitisapplied atthe
earliest possible point in time before a voyage
begins(Falnesunpubl.).
DynamicVoyageManagement(DVM)
DynamicVoyageManagementfollowstheearlier
strategic voyage management. Within DVM a
dynamic flow of information from ship to ship,
ship to shore and vice versa will be established
during an ongoing voyage. The information can
be shared with other ships e.g. during a tactical
action
theshipscanexchangetheirroutesorwith
shore based service providers for the route
optimization/validation.(Svedberg,unpubl.).
FlowManagement(FM)
Unlike the strategic and dynamic voyage
management, the flow management concentrates
on the whole traffic flow. Nevertheless they are
notindependentfromeachother.Theinformation
needed for the route
optimization during the
voyage planning phases is generated from the
flow management. On the other side the
individualvoyagesarethebuildingblocksofthe
whole traffic flow. As defined in (Flow
Management Task Force, unpubl.)“the overall
objective of the concept is to optimize and
increase safety of the
sea traffic flow during all
planning and executing phases”. Optimizing
traffic is achieved by using a coordinating
attitude, not control, hence leaving the final
decision to the Master, and using STM technical
enablers.
PortCollaborativeDecisionMaking(PortCDM)
Port CDM as defined in (Port CDM Task Force,
unpubl.) deals
with improving the maritime
transportaspartofthemultimodalsupplychain
byenablingthefollowingcollaborations:
Collaboration among actors operating within
theport
Collaboration between the port and actors
realizingseavoyages
Collaboration between the port and actors
realizing inbound and outbound
transportation(besidesseavoyages)