e-Nav, Is It Enough?

Abstract

Implementing technology is like a three-legged stool: if any one leg is inadequate, the whole system fails. Here, one leg is the technology itself; another is the procedure for how to use the technology (gained through testing and experience) and the final one is maritime education and training, both in the operation of the technology itself but most importantly in using the technology with agreed, e-Nav, Is It Enough? A. WeintritGdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland Poland Branch of the Nautical Institute, UK ABSTRACT: In the paper the Author tries to present the background to e-Navigation and its definition, the key elements which in the vision for e-Navigation were covered and the IMOʹs strength as the co-ordinator of eNavigation, including strategy implementation plan. The underlying important principles were stated, together with the need to take user needs into account. Recent presentations and comments showed just how ambiguous the term "users" can be in the context of e-Navigation. This led to a more in depth review of the components of the IMO Strategy Implementation Plan. The author tries to answer the question of whether these assumptions, decisions and actions taken were appropriate and sufficient. The author asks the simple question whether the mere adoption and introduction of the concept of e-Navigation in life will be enough to meet all the challenges of the twenty-first century.

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