Furuno supplies SMT to 43 ships
Furuno supplies SMT to 43 ships. Photo: SMT
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ECDIS-supplier Furuno has won a contract to supply 43 ships with Sea Traffic Management (SMT)-compatible on-board systems. The vessels belong to the Swedish Maritime Administration.

»To have a fourth supplier delivering systems proves the general interest in the STM concept. The [ds_preview]future developments of STM will be driven by commercial actors like Furuno«, said Test Manager Björn Andreasson of Swedish Maritime Administration.

The detailed specification of the requirements and interfaces is a major step towards making the vision of the open standard connected ship real. According to Furuno the SMT test introduces an infrastructure supporting maritime actors in providing and consuming services as well as information machine-to-machine, with more automated procedures than can be achieved today. The development of Sea Traffic Management is open, and all interested parties are invited to join as associate partners and take part in the development of the future.

Supplied services during the test include route optimisation, enhanced monitoring, port call synchronisation, ship-to-ship route exchange and many more. Fuel could be saved, port call efficiency could be increased and accident risk could be reduced the company stated.

The STM test beds will include 300 ships, 13 ports and several shore centres Furuno informs.