ABSTRACT
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) identified the need to equip shipboard users and those ashore responsible for the safety of shipping with modern, proven tools optimized for good decision making in order to make maritime navigation more reliable and user friendly. In this framework the IMO decided on proposal of several member states to develop an e-navigation strategy to integrate and utilize new technologies in a holistic and systematic manner to make them compliant with the various navigational, communication technologies and services that are already available.
