There are several locally used shipping industry standards in place related to communication and electronic exchange in the ship-port interface. However, many of them are not consistently used or well implemented globally.

Digitalization plays an important role in the strategic directions on which the IMO will focus regarding the electronic transmission of relevant information between ships, ports and authorities.

ISO 28005-2:2011 contains definitions of core data elements for EPC. These elements cover all requirements for ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship reporting as defined in the following:   

-All FAL standard declarations (FAL 1 to 7) as defined in the FAL Convention

-ISPS reporting requirements as defined in ISPS and MSC 1305

-All general ship reporting requirements as defined in IMO Resolution A.851

-Recommended reporting on ship-generated waste as defined in MEPC 644 (mandatory within the European Union, as described in EU/2000/59)

-Required reporting as defined in the bulk loading and unloading code IMO Resolution A.862

-ETA reporting to pilot station as defined in IMO Resolution A.960

Maritime NGOs invite public and private players to assist of a global digital ISO standard development for the exchange of administrative, operational and nautical data with an efficient manner.

NGOs will propose a supporting technical standard under ISO Technical Committee 8. The specification and standardization of the technical standard will be done through the normal ISO process, resulting the final approval by the member organizations to ISO TC8/SC11.

ISO-standard for ship-shore data exchange will improve the general quality and availability of data, allowing reliable and efficient real-data exchange between ship and shore. Additionally, the aforementioned standard will minimise the incompatibility between standards and systems, across countries worldwide.

Source: www.iso.org , www.bimco.org

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