VESSEL MOVEMENTS- FOR MARITIME SECURITY AND
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VESSEL MOVEMENTS- FOR MARITIME SECURITY AND
VESSEL MOVEMENTS- FOR MARITIME SECURITY AND EFFICIENT SUPPLY CHAINS The vessel alerting and long range tracking product of choice WHAT WE OFFER SHIP TRACKING “Where is the vessel? Where has it been? Can we get a position, right now? What cargo is aboard?” These are questions that our customers are constantly asking. Now, Security concerns bring the same questions from the Coast Guard and others. MariTrac can help. New uses for tracking are only emerging now as regulators and oil companies realize the potential applications. The original business of PurpleFinder is tracking vessels. Its involvement began long before 9-11 opened up the industry’s eyes to the importance of correct vessel positions. Not surprisingly, more fleets and vessel operators use PurpleFinder than any other third party tracking application. Because of MariTrac’s intimate knowledge of vessel trading patterns and operations, plus the commercial reasons why cargoes move from here to there, we can work with our customers to build the tracking element into their infor- mation systems. We have helped shipowners, oil companies, and commodity traders. The same tools can dramatically benefit the Maritime Security process at all levels. Coast Guard Boarding Teams benefit too. SHIP SECURITY ALERTING Ship Security Alarm Systems (SSAS) will soon be required on all international commercial vessels. In a nutshell, vessels are required to have security procedures in place by July 1, 2004, with SSAS a key component. These rules have been agreed internationally at the IMO; in the United States, they are embodied in the MTSA 2002. When an alert is issued, a critical element is the vessel position, course and speed. Maritrac is the U.S. distributor for PurpleFinder, the leader in ship tracking. Mari- Societies and Flag States– certifying compliance with the new IMO rules. trac is offering PurpleFinder’s proprietary Discreet Ship Alert System (DSAS), which has gained the approvals of leading Class Usually, MariTrac sells the hardware and guides the customer through the installation and activation processes. We can also provide assistance in creating the procedures and relevant sections of Vessel Security Plans, concerning the verification of alerts, and re-set routines in the event of a false alarm. ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS Security is also about putting a picture together after the fact. Several years ago, a rogue tanker ran down a fishing boat off Canada. Good detective work enabled the culprit, a vessel in violation of international laws, to be identified from paint evidence. A few years later, Coast Guards are looking at vessel tracking as a way of knowing who was where when. Suspect oil sheens can tied to vessels known to have made transits. Discharges of ballast water are now controlled by international law, and smokestack emissions will soon be subject to new rules. Tracking technologies are seeing new applications emerging as regulators and oil companies realize their potential role, espe- cially when position data is joined with other data points. MariTrac is also able to tie vessel positions to outputs from onboard sensors. STORIES FROM THE USERS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES Sometimes, one picture is worth more than a thousand incorrect words from vessel agents, who pass on inaccurate and misleading position reports to the Coast Guard. But, satellite based tracking, which uses equipment already aboard the 45,000 + deepsea vessels, enables the Coast Guard and other agencies with a Homeland Security and Maritime Domain Awareness mission, to more accurately pinpoint worldwide vessel positions in near real time. Maritime safety and environmental protection, and now security and homeland defense missions can benefit. If desired, the agencies can combine data streams so that the vessel position can be displayed along with other pertinent data fields. MariTrac recently finished a Proof of Concept project for the Transportation Security Admini- stration, where vessels submitted electronic Notices of Arrival (eNOA) in advance of their entry into the Port of New York. The notice submission incorporated an authorization to track the vessels. The local Coast Guard office, where safety and security boardings are initiated, considered the MariTrac application to be a “must have”. The Ship Security Alert Systems are based on a similar platform. Now, piracy, hijack or terror incidents can be handled quickly and reliably by Flag and Port States who must respond. Shipowners and Regulators can monitor vessel locations on voyages around the U.S. Gulf and all over the world. PORT AND TERMINAL OPERATORS Supply chain visibility promotes better security– it’ all about knowing the location of assets. Port authorities and facilities need accurate information on vessel locations and schedules, especially when they operate landside facilities. Now, the ports and terminals are also thrust into a vetting role, as well, where they must know something about the vessels in port. If you can track vessels, you can also track individual cargo containers, a great concern because of the possible vulnerabilities. The data interoperability in the MariTrac package has enabled terminals to show maps and position reports, directly from the application, in private areas of their web portals. OIL COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS TRADERS When will the vessel arrive at the berth? Can we notify all the consignees who have cargo aboard? What about automatically sending an advanced arrival notice? Where have they been? Customers in the bulk commodities business, both wet and dry, as well as in the container and liner trades, are actively tracking vessels and the cargoes aboard them, all over the world. These types of questions are on the minds of shippers every day., as they optimize supply systems– managing inventories and scheduling scare berth capacity. As supply chain meets security chain, positions have also been automatically transferred to regional ALERT type systems, using the power of XML. The onboard equipment can be programmed to automatically transmit secure position reports, sometimes several times within an hour. MariTrac LLC, based in New York, NY, is a value added distributor for PurpleFinder, a product of PoleStar Space Applications Ltd. , based in London, UK. portals. Additional permissioning and authentication can be layered on top– enabling additional user controls and access only to relevant information. Vessel tracking utilizes Inmarsat C equipment generally aboard the vessel to meet GMDSS requirements. Non SOLAS vessels may optionally install an Inmarsat D+ terminal. Positions are acquired using onboard GPS and then transmitted back to shore using Inmarsat satellites. From the Land Earth Station (LESO), the positions are routed to the PurpleFinder server, where they are then available through web browsers such as IE or Netscape. Data security and encryption keep sensitive information completely private. The DSAS ship alerting equipment uses a dedicated Inmarsat D+ transmitter and has been certified to be in compliance with IMO’s new SOLAS regulations XI -2/6. Major Class Societies and Flag States have approved the DSAS as being SOLAS compliant. Equipment specifications can be found on the MariTrac website. MariTrac can provide the following: •Vessel tracking service, turnkey setup •Position data integration, XML linking •DSAS (Ship Security Alert System) •DSAS hardware purchase In commercial and Government applications, current and historical ship movement information can be seamlessly fed to Enterprise-wide or data fusion information repositories or •Installation and alerts programming •Ongoing monitoring The MariTrac team came from the tanker industry serving Big Oil- where technology has been applied towards enhancing fleet management, customer relationship management, in transit visibility, leading to better scheduling and supporting data integration. The team has recognized that more accurate, reliable and actionable commercial information will aid in Maritime Domain Awareness while simultaneously improving the flow and value of commercial data. Better information means increased participation and compliance with Maritime Security initiatives. To learn more or for orders, please contact us for further information. 370 Seventh Avenue Suite 1128 Phone: 1 (212) 268- 2557ext. 224, Fax: 1 (212) 268– 2559 New York, NY 10001 [email protected] www.maritrac.com