Analysis and Identification of Requirements for a System to Enhance Situational Awareness at Sea

Abstract

This paper presents the research results of identifying and analyzing key requirements for the ESABALT system based on pre-defined user profile groups. These requirements have been identified through multiple sources, which include an electronic survey of potential users of the system, interviews with specialists in navigation, law and computer science, analysis of state-of-the-art in maritime safety procedures, and study of past R&D projects in this field. Finally, these requirements are classified into user level, domain level and system level requirements for easy interpretation while designing the system architecture and its functional specifications. The presented system specification is discussed. http://www.transnav.eu the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation Volume 9 Number 2

Operational Scenarios for Maritime Safety in the Baltic Sea

“…Information can be exchanged between commercial vessels, pleasure boats, authorities, and distributed sensor stations instantly, making all of them stakeholders in the improvement of the overall Baltic Sea maritime situational awareness. For more information on the concept, potential users, system requirements, and functional description of the proposed ESABALT system please refer to [3][4][5][6]. Section 1 of this paper describes the gaps in current maritime technology which provide the motivation behind the development of the ESABALT concept.…”