MaDaMe – Maritime Data Methods for Safe Shipping
General Information
- Name of testbed
MaDaMe – Maritime Data Methods for Safe Shipping
- Location of testbed
Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland
- Time and duration of the testbed
November 2023 – October 2026
- Contact person(s)
Tero Jokela, tero.jokela@turkuamk.fi, Turku University of Applied Sciences
- Testbed website
- MaDaMe – Interreg Baltic Sea Region, https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/madame/
- Organization(s) involved
LP Turku University of Applied Sciences, Fintraffic VTS ltd, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Swedish Maritime Authority, Danish Maritime Authority, Novia University of Applied Sciences, National Institute of Telecommunications, Sternula A/S, Digital Maritime Consultancy, DFDS A/S, NavSim Poland Ltd.
- Associated Organizations
IALA, Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, Maritime office in Gdynia, Estonian Transport Administration, ESL Shipping
- Funding programme and budget
Interreg Baltic Sea Region, 3.41M euros, 2.73M euros ERDF
Executive summary
The density of maritime traffic and transportation of dangerous cargoes by ships in the congested waters of the Baltic Sea has grown. This demands new solutions for safe navigation and clean shipping in the Baltic Sea. The MaDaMe project supports national authorities that are responsible for maritime traffic management in developing common, cyber-secure, digital transport infrastructure services in the Baltic Sea Region.
MaDaMe aims to develop, pilot, and evaluate new digital information-sharing and messaging services for fairway navigation. These new digital services promote reliable information exchange. They are developed based on the IHO S-100 framework for digital services and products. Below are the three services piloted in the project:
1. Digital Navigational Warnings service (NW) – S124
2. Digital Aids to Navigation (AtoN) – S-125
3. Digital VTS; Traffic Clearance service (VTS TCS) – S-212
The pilot’s general structure is testing an end-to-end service from the authorities on the shore to the end user/client side. The client side is either a vessel or a simulator environment. As an exception, S-212 Digital VTS TCS service features two-way communication, where the end user/client side also sends data to the shore. The services will be displayed on an S-100 Electronic Chart System (ECS) developed in the project. The MCP (Maritime Connectivity Platform) is used to offer services to the end users. The pilots utilise the earlier-mentioned MCP and SECOM (Secure communication between ship and shore) to contribute to the cybersecurity of the solutions.
MaDaMe also utilises, develops, and tests communication technologies for serving the targeted digital services and establishing a reliable connection between shore stations and vessels, enabling the data to be transferred efficiently during the pilots.
Pilots will be conducted in three countries: Denmark, Finland, and Poland. Success indicators of the pilots are considered, and can be presented as successful data generation, data transmission and communication link over IP and VDES, and finally data display and visualisation on the client-side Electronic Chart System.
The aim of the pilots is to establish functional end-to-end services. In addition, it aims to evaluate the usefulness of the piloted services on the flow of work and workload on the bridge. Furthermore, results from pilots provide insights and feedback to the ongoing standardisation activities of the services. Testing and identifying the most suitable communication channel and setup for the services and use cases is also crucial. Finally, results from pilots provide input and information on how authorities can promulgate the services, and consequently, by using SECOM over IP, VDES, and utilising MCP.
Testbed Information
The type of user group(s) involved in the test
X Shipboard users
X Shore-based users
O SAR users
Details of the user need/gap considered for the testbed
O Information/data management
O Effective and robust voice communication and data transfer
X Systems and equipment
X Ship reporting
X Traffic monitoring; and/or
X Training and familiarisation
The category of user need/gap considered in the testbed
X Technical
O Regulatory
X Operational; and/or
X Training
Details of the solution/s considered in the testbed. For example, solutions may be linked to the IMO SIP solutions:
O S1: Improved, harmonised and user-friendly bridge design
O S2: Means for standardised and automated reporting
O S3: Improved reliability, resilience and integrity of bridge equipment and navigation information
X S4: Integration and presentation of available information in graphical displays received via communication equipment
X S5: Improved Communication of VTS Service Portfolio
The category of solution/s considered in the testbed:
X Technical
O Regulatory
X Operational; and/or;
X Training