ISO/TC 8/WG 10 - Smart shipping

This document describes the requirements involved in ship to shore data communication between the shipboard data servers and the on-shore data servers. It provides information on: — asynchronous communication; — a method to measure end-to-end communication quality; — transport integrity; — transport security (e.g. encryption, authentication and authorization); — management of data transmission (e.g. prioritization, logging, carrier awareness/management); — communication optimization (e.g. deduplication, compression, resume, multiplexing); — compliance with the data communication protocols, including but not limited to ISO 19847. This document does not cover: — the security of the data producer/consumer (e.g. identity management); — communication equipment requirements; — carrier performance requirements (e.g. bandwidth and latency).

This document defines terminology related to autonomous ship systems, which includes ships that can be classified as a “Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship” (MASS) according to the preliminary definitions from the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Autonomous ship system can also be applied to similar ship types for use on inland waterways.