A NEW three-year European research project, partly funded
by the EU, has been launched to increase regulatory compliance and enforcement
in shipping through the development of a software package, reports London's
Tanker Operator.
The plethora rules and regulations, the long lifetimes of
ships and the different phases of their operation add to the complexity
resulting in many not knowing which rules apply for a given vessel in a given
situation.
Deploying "e-Compliance" plans to effect
tighter integration through a widely available information package. The
e-Compliance project involves BMT Group, DNV GL, Danaos Shipping, INLECOM
Systems, The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO),
TEMIS, Acciona Infraestructuras, PORTIC Barcelona, Norsk Marinteknisk
Forskningsinstitutt.
The project will be closely aligned with the EU
e-Maritime initiative to bring about electronic regulatory information management.
The project is run by three main stakeholders,
classification societies, enforcement agencies and ships, said the EU
statement, announcing the scheme.
Said e-Compliance project manager Philipp Lohrmann:
"There are numerous disparate initiatives and projects that address
specific aspects of the regulatory domain. The e-Compliance project will bring
these together, using their most promising aspects to increase coherence in
maritime regulation."
Aims include the establishment of a co-operation model
between regulation setting and enforcement authorities for modelling and
interpreting regulations and ensuring harmonisation across national and
organisational boundaries, modelling and delivery of regulations in electronic
format, harmonised e-Services for more effective and co-ordinated enforcement
controls and inspections, e-services in support of class requirements,
particularly on surveys and for ship risk management in upgraded e-Maritime
applications.
Source : HKSG.
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