INTRODUCTION OF MODERN MARINE TECHNOLOGIES IN SHIP NAVIGATION PROCESS

Abstract

Safety of navigation is a direct obligation of countries party to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS Convention, 1974), which provides that every government must take all measures, including the prompt communication of information relating to the safety of navigation to all persons concerned, whether to ships or coastal stations. This task depends not only on the collection, processing and storage of navigational and hydrometeorological information, but also on technical measures aimed at the transfer of this information and its reception on board the ship. This paper proposes a new approach to navigational safety, based on the introduction and use of digital technologies applicable for application in navigation equipment, and improving the efficiency of navigation data transfer in the broadband system.