THEMIS FRAME Seminar April 23, 2002 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Brussels

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THEMIS FRAME SeminarApril 23, 2002Crowne
Plaza Hotel, Brussels

• Maritime Traffic Information in the Port of Genoa
• M. De Mattei
• Sistemi e Telematica

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Maritime Traffic Information

• Since early nineties, a Port Management
  Information System has been used in the Port of
  Genoa to support vessel administrative
  procedures, such as
• Berth requests and plan
• Dangerous Goods Declarations
• Submission of vessel certificate
• The system has also been providing some forms of
  maritime traffic information (vessels positions)

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Maritime Traffic Information

• The system evolved along time by
• Enlarging its functional coverage
• Linking the port community
• Integrating real-time vessels tracking features
  provided by the Genoa VTS System
• Exploiting emerging ICT technologies

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The Port Authority Portal
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Vessels Positions
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The Italian VTS Project

• In early 2000, the Italian Ministry of Transport
  and Infrastructures launched the National VTS
  Project
• Overall objectives
• Maritime traffic safety
• Safeguard and rescue of human lives at sea
• Emergency at sea
• Pollution prevention and detection
• National waters surveillance

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Coast Guard Organisation

• Headquarters, based in Rome
• 13 Maritime Rescue Sub Centres (MRSC)
• 50 Harbour Master Departments
• 169 local offices

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System Hierarchy
VTSC Central VTS
CG HQ, Rome
VTSA Area VTS
VTSA Area VTS
VTSA Area VTS
MRSC
Level
VTSL Local VTS
VTSL Local VTS
VTSL Local VTS
VTSL Local VTS
VTSL Local VTS
VTSL Local VTS
VTSL Local VTS
VTSL Local VTS
VTSL Local VTS
Local structure
SENSORS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENTS
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System coastal coverage
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Functions

• VTSL - Operation level
• Traffic monitoring and recording
• Targets Radar Detection, Direction finders,
  UHF/VHF/HF communications, CCTV port and
  proximity traffic surveillance, Port management
  information system.
• VTSA - Coordination level
• Dispatching node of VTS information
• Dispatching centre, DSS and Synthetic data log
  from dependent VTSL centres, other VTSA and
  ARES/HAZMAT info and applicable regulations
  management.
• VTSC - Strategic level
• Strategic directives and decision making
• Collect, evaluate, represent and prioritize all
  information forwarded, Dispatch operative
  instructions/restrictions to the VTS system under
  proper conditions.

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VTSL Centres

• VTSL centres accommodate significant commercial
  operations (e.g. container, bulk and passenger
  traffic)
• VTSL centres deploy a PMIS, which
• Integrates radar tracks and CCTV images
• Graphically represents port layout and ships
  locations
• Supports administrative procedures, such as berth
  requests, arrival/departures notifications,
  dangerous goods declarations (carried out also by
  means of EDI messages)
• Exchanges port traffic data with VTSA
• Produces statistical reports for the port

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VTSL Layout
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Project Status

• So far, the project has achieved
• System design
• Production and validation of the pilot subsystems
• Start-up of the VTS training school
• Currently, production of the first batch of
  subsystems is running.
• Soon after, the installation phase
• First lot, up and running by late 2003.

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Project Partners
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Current/Future Developments

• Genova will be the PMIS pilot site
• AIS capability
• Digital signature and electronic document
  management
• Multi-modal integration
• Improved radar search and track capabilities
  (triple polarization)

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The PMIS System

• Vessels positions
• ETA ETD
• Berth Requests
• Berthing Plan
• Vessel Movements
• Vessel Documents
• Certificates
• Arrival/Dep. Notific.
• Data exchange

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PMIS Data exchanges
Arrival/Dep. Announcement
PMIS
Shipping Agents
Berth Request

• Integration of maritime traffic and freight
  information

Arrival/Departure Notifications
DG Notifications
Freight Forwarders
DG Port Entrance Notifications
Vessels Positions
All Port Community
Berthing Plan