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BIMCO welcomes updated IMO Compendium to advance electronic data
Standardising and harmonising electronic ship to shore communication for reporting purposes was high on the agenda at the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) virtual Facilitation Committee (FAL) meeting held from 1-7 June 2021 (FAL 45).
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New BIMCO clause promotes harmonised ship-shore data exchange
BIMCO has published a charter party clause promoting the use of the IMO’s data model framework. The publication is an extension of BIMCO’s strategic objective to encourage greater efficiency and harmonisation in the ship-shore interface.
Maritime digitalisation
These years, there is a strong focus on the development of new shipping technologies and especially the utilization of digital opportunities.
There seems to be three key drivers for going digital. First is the competitive pressure for cost efficiency. This is often combined with the second driver, which are environmental factors and regulatory compliance requirements. Fact is (and this is the third key driver) that stakeholders in the shipping value chain are increasingly requiring digital operations from their business partners. How these elements are combined into a business case may vary among ship type, trade patterns and operating or trading region.
BIMCO focuses on two segments of the maritime digitalisation: Ship-shore interface and Autonomous ships.
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Are autonomous ships on the horizon?
Millions of dollars are invested into the research and trials of systems needed to expand autonomous shipping. The question is: will it pay off?
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Ship-shore interface
An efficient, safe, and environmentally sustainable port call depends on clear communication before, during and after operations are carried out.
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Autonomous ships
In recent years, the prospect of autonomous ships has become a hot topic for commercial shipping. The same fast-paced advances in technology that have led to projects to automate vehicles in every other sector of the transportation industry have also found their way to the shipping industry. Advances in camera technology, sensors, electromechanical actuators, and satellite technology appear to promise a world in which ships will traverse the oceans without a human on board.
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BIMCO's position on autonomous ships
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Shipping KPI System
The BIMCO Shipping KPI System is a global shipping industry tool for defining, measuring and reporting information on operational performance and is used by shipping companies to:
- compare their business performance against the industry standard and identify where efficiency improvements could be made
- clearly communicate their ship operational performance, both internally and externally.
