ENCWG Letter 1/2016

INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANISATION HYDROGRAPHIQUE ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONALE ENC STANDARDS MAINTENANCE WORKING GROUP (ENCWG) [A Working Group of the Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee (HSSC)] Chairman: Thomas MELLOR United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Admiralty Way Taunton, TA12DN United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0)1823 337900 Facsimile: +44 (0)1823 284077 E-mail: [email protected] Secretary: Tony PHARAOH E-mail: [email protected] Ref: ENCWG Letter: 1/2016 To: ENCWG Members Date 21 Jan 2016 Retirement of IHO S-52 and S-64 - Action arising from HSSC 7 Dear All, As part of my ENCWG chairman’s report to HSSC 7 I informed the meeting that new editions of S-52 and S-64 were published in Oct 2014 to give OEMs a period of time to implement the new Presentation Library edition 4.0 prior to the publication of IEC 61174 Ed. 4 in Aug 2015. IHO in conjunction with IEC and CIRM agreed that the previous edition of S-52 and S-64 will remain valid until 31 August 2016 for ECDIS which have been type-approved in accordance with a previous edition of IEC 61174. It was expected that these existing ECDIS would be upgraded or replaced within that time period. This was reported to IMO at NCSR 1 under (Consideration of ECDIS matters related to the implementation of the carriage requirements in SOLAS regulations V/19.2.10 AND V/19.2.11). Unfortunately it appears that OEMs will need more time to comply with the new IHO standards, and only a few OEMs have passed type approval testing. As a consequence, shipping companies are unable to get the appropriate ECDIS software patches to ensure compliance with the guidance provided in IMO circular MSC.1/Circ.1503. MSC.1/Circ.1503 (published in 2015, revoking SN.1/Circ.266/Rev.1) provides guidance on maintenance of ECDIS software and goes further in identifying the need to keep an ECDIS updated to be in compliance with the relevant IHO standards. ‘As per SOLAS regulation V/27, all nautical charts necessary for the intended voyage shall be adequate and up to date. For ships using ECDIS to meet the chart carriage requirement of SOLAS, all ENCs and RNCs must be of the latest available edition and be kept up to date using both the electronic chart updates (e.g. ENC updates) and the latest available notices to mariners. Additionally, ECDIS software should be kept up to date such that it is capable of displaying up-to-date electronic charts correctly according to the latest version of IHO's chart content and display standards’. Based on significant industry feedback from Intertanko and OEMs, HSSC 7 agreed to my proposal to consider postponing the withdrawal of the old editions of S-52 and S-64, currently planned to occur on 31 August 2016. HSSC placed an action on me to liaise with CIRM and IEC to propose a new timeline that could be presented before the ENCWG, and, assuming your agreement, reported to the IMO at NCSR-3. I have contacted both CIRM and IEC TC80 and have the following information to present before the group. As indicated in the attachment, CIRM support the proposal to postpone the retirement dates of IHO S-52 edition 6.0 IHO Presentation Library edition 3.4 and IHO S-64 edition 2.0.0. They conclude that an extension of 12 months should provide enough additional time to relieve the current pressures on ship-owners, operators and manufacturers, whilst ensuring that the transition to the new standards is not delayed to an extent that could potentially undermine the safety of navigation. The Chair of IEC TC80 has indicated that they have a neutral position on the proposed extension as IEC 61174 edition 4.0 would not be affected. It is therefore my recommendation that the ENCWG support the proposal to postpone the original retirement st dates of IHO S-52 edition 6.0 IHO Presentation Library edition 3.4 and IHO S-64 edition 2.0.0 to Aug 31 2017 If any ENCWG members object to the IHO supporting the previous standards for an additional year please th contact myself and Tony Pharaoh not later than 8 Feb 2016 Best Regards, Thomas MELLOR Chairman, ENCWG Attachment: Letter from CIRM dated 15 December 2015 From: Dana Kuznetsova Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:56 AM To: Signe Paevere Cc: T�nis Siilanarusk; Olavi Heinlo; Darja G�nter Subject: FW: ENCWG Letter 1 / 2016 - Retirement of IHO S-52 and S-64 - Action arising from HSSC 7 Attachments: CIRM proposal - extension to S-52 6.0, S-64 2.0.0.pdf; ENCWG Letter 1.docx Tere Signe! Palun registreeri kiri �ra KO kausta. Ait�h! Dana Kuznetsova vanemkartograafiaspetsialist Tel: 6205 623 From: Tony Pharaoh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 4:51 PM To: Argentina <[email protected]>; Australia <[email protected]>; Brazil <[email protected]>; Brazil <[email protected]>; Brazil <[email protected]>; Brazil <[email protected]>; Canada <[email protected]>; CARIS <[email protected]>; Chile <[email protected]>; Chile <[email protected]>; Ecuador <[email protected]>; Egypt <[email protected]>; ESRI <[email protected]>; Dana Kuznetsova <[email protected]>; Finland <[email protected]>; France <[email protected]>; Furuno <[email protected]>; Furuno <[email protected]>; Germany <[email protected]>; Germany <[email protected]>; IC- ENC <liz.hahessy@ic- enc.org>; IC-ENC <[email protected]>; IHB <[email protected]>; IIC <[email protected]>; India <[email protected]>; Italy <[email protected]>; Japan <[email protected]>; Jepessen <[email protected]>; Navtor <[email protected]>; Netherlands <[email protected]>; New Zealand <[email protected]>; Northrop Grumman <[email protected]>; Norway <odd- [email protected]>; Poland <[email protected]>; Portugal <[email protected]>; Primar <[email protected]>; Republic of Korea <[email protected]>; Russian Federation <[email protected]>; SevenCs <[email protected]>; Singapore <thai_low_ying- [email protected]>; Slovinia <[email protected]>; South Africa <[email protected]>; Sweden <[email protected]>; Transas <[email protected]>; Ukraine <[email protected]>; UK <[email protected]>; USA - NOAA <[email protected]>; USA - NOAA Federal <[email protected]> Subject: ENCWG Letter 1 / 2016 - Retirement of IHO S-52 and S-64 - Action arising from HSSC 7 Dear colleagues, Please find attached ENCWG Letter 1 / 2016 concerning an HSSC action and relating to the retirement of IHO S-52 and S-64. Best regards, Tony Assistant Director, Digital Technology International Hydrographic Bureau 4b Quai Antoine 1er, MC 98011 Monaco Cedex Principaut� de MONACO Tel +377 93 10 81 08 [email protected] FROM: Chief Technical Officer, CIRM TO: Chairman, IHO ENCWG DATE: 15th December 2015 Dear Mr. Mellor, The following action was agreed at the recent IHO HSSC 7 meeting: ENCWG to co-ordinate with CIRM and IEC a well-founded proposal revising the timeline for the withdrawal of Ed. 6.0 of S-52, Ed. 3.4 of the Presentation Library and Ed. 2.0.0 of S-64. As you know, the withdrawal date currently proposed for edition 6.0 of S-52, edition 3.4 of the Presentation Library, and edition 2.0.0 of S-64 (one year from the publishing of IEC 61174 edition 4, being August 2016) was originally agreed between CIRM, IEC and IHO in order to provide a “transition period” that would allow manufacturers and national authorities the time necessary to type approve ECDIS products to the revised standards, and to enable shipowners and operators to update existing systems to conform with circular MSC.1/Circ.1503, covering the maintenance of ECDIS software. However it appears that in practice a one year transition period is not sufficient. CIRM has been contacted by shipowners and a major international shipowner association, who have expressed concern that the August 2016 deadline does not give ECDIS customers enough time to plan and implement the ECDIS upgrades, and who have stated that more time must be made available. CIRM’s ECDIS manufacturers have also indicated that the time required to prepare, type approve and make available to customers systems compliant with the new standards means that an upgrade deadline for all ECDIS of August 2016 is unrealistic. At the same time we must recognize the importance of safety, and the changes included in the revisions represent usability improvements driven by user feedback and assessment of accidents where improper use of ECDIS/ENC data was found as a possible cause. Therefore in the interests of safety, moving to the new versions of the standards is desirable and should not be postponed by an inappropriately long delay. On balance, CIRM supports proposing that the date of withdrawal of edition 6.0 of S-52, edition 3.4 of the Presentation Library and edition 2.0.0 of S-64 should be extended by 12 months. This should provide enough additional time to relieve the current pressures on shipowners, operators and manufacturers, whilst ensuring that the transition to the new standards is not delayed to an extent that could potentially undermine the safety of navigation. We welcome further discussion of this with the ENCWG and IEC so that we may submit a joint proposal to IHB. Yours sincerely, Richard Doherty Chief Technical Officer / Deputy Secretary General (COMITÉ INTERNATIONAL RADIO-MARITIME) 202 Lambeth Road, London, SE1 7JW, UK main: +44 (0) 20 3411 8345 technical: +44 (0) 3411 8344 [email protected] www.cirm.org VAT Registration No: GB547917504 Company Registered in England and Wales No: 249445