Breaking News. New Members. January 31 st, 2010 INDEX. The new Shipdex Protocol issue 1.2 released. NEWSLETTER May

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1 May Setting the standard Breaking News January 31 st, 2010 The new Shipdex Protocol issue 1.2 released The new Shipdex Protocol issue 1.2 has been released on January 31, 2010 and is now available to Registered Members for download on: The new issue 1.2 reflects all the changes requested by Shipdex Registered Members under the form of Change Proposal Forms (CPFs) and approved during the SPMG 05. New Members Shipdex Founder Members are pleased to welcome all the Companies that have recently registered and joined the Shipdex community. ADVANCED IT SHIP CONVERGENCE CENTER OF KOREA MARITIME UNIVERSITY AEROMARINE INDEX Breaking news Page 1 << New Members Pages 1 << Shipdex events Pages 2-3 << SPSC/SPMG activities Pages 4 << Shipdex members news 5-6 << Shipdex at other events Page 6-7 << New members profiles Page 8-9 << Registered members list Page << About Shipdex Page << Shipdex Founder Members Page 14 << Shipdex Advertisement Page 15 << DAEDALUS AEROSPACE INMEDIUS REDERI AB TRANSATLANTIC ROLLS-ROYCE MARINE Please find an introduction to each one on page 8 Shipdex new registered members profiles Page 1

2 Shipdex events >> MAN Diesel Academy Augsburg (D), February 16 th, 2010 The 4 th Shipdex Conference Shipdex Sets the Standard New data protocol declared ready and available The 4th Shipdex Conference took place at the MAN Diesel PrimeServ Academy in Augsburg, Germany on 16 February, where the Shipdex protocol was declared ready and available for use. Shipdex (Ship Data Exchange) is international business rules (protocol)-based and fully compliant with S1000D, developed to standardise the exchange of electronic technical data within the shipping community. The Shipdex protocol aims to ensure a high quality of technical and logistical data and simplify the exchange of data within the industry. For application service providers, Shipdex is a basic specification for implementing data interfaces from technical manual solutions to maintenance and purchase or any fully fledged ERP systems. The purpose of the Augsburg event was to bring together the different sub-groups of the European maritime industry and show the milestones reached during the development of a solution to the long-standing industry challenge regarding paper manuals, namely the on-board availability of correct maintenance data. On the day, there were over 100 attendees, including owners, classification societies, shipyards, equipment makers and software providers of maintenance systems. Speakers included Shipdex founding members Grimaldi Group, Intership Navigation, MacGregor (as part of the Cargotec Group), Alfa Laval, SpecTec and MAN Diesel, as well as Rolls Royce Marine, Gemanischer Lloyd, United Arab Shipping Company, Corena and the S1000D Council. Promising, concrete signs of the new protocol s acceptance were also revealed in a series of announcements that: MAN Diesel is ready to deliver manuals in Shipdex format MacGregor Cranes will shortly be ready to deliver manuals in Shipdex format and MacGregor RoRo and MacGregor Hatch Cover will follow SpecTec is offering their Shipdex-compliant CMMS, the AMOS Business Suite Shipowners are ordering Shipdex data for their new building projects United Arab Shipping Company has announced that it has requested Shipdex datasets for nine coming newbuildings Germanischer Lloyd is exploring the possibilities of using Shipdex in its customer communication and approval processes Rolls-Royce Marine has become a registered member of the Shipdex community Page 2

3 Setting the standard InterManager, the international trade association for ship managers that represents a fleet of over 1,000 ships globally, was represented in Germany by Alexandre Albertini, who said: InterManager is showing great interest in Shipdex as additional proof of the positive moves the shipping industry is making towards selfregulation and improved governance. InterManager is interested in discussing the project further and checking the interest of its members in such a standardisation initiative. Henrik Striboldt, Business Development Manager at MAN Diesel PrimeServ representing Shipdex, said: Today s declaration of the Shipdex protocol as a viable means of universal data exchange within the marine industry marks a significant milestone. We have already gotten off to an excellent start with its acceptance by some of the key players within the industry, and I predict its widespread adoption in the near future. Shipdex is an independent standard and is open to all members of the maritime industry. As such, anyone can become a Shipdex member, simply by registering at www. shipdex.com, and all contributions to improving the Shipdex protocol and the exchange of data are encouraged. All presentations are available from the Downloads-Documents section at For further information contact: Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione (Shipdex copyright holder) coletta.giancarlo@grimaldi.napoli.it Intership Navigation (Shipdex copyright holder) pbury@intership-cyprus.com SpecTec Group HO (Shipdex technical manager) marco.vatteroni@spectec.net >> Falkenberg (SE), March 18th, 2010 Shipdex presentation at the Swedish Ship-owners Association On March 18, 2010 the Shipdex Protocol initiative was presented to more than 50 delegates attending the Swedish Ship-owners Association (SSA)meeting in Falkenberg (SE). Shipdex was invited to make a presentation to the quarterly technical, safety and security meeting of SSA and Dr. Giancarlo Coletta (Grimaldi Group s Maintenance Engineering and R&D director) explained the reasons behind the Shipdex protocol founding and the current status of the project with special reference to the recent progress and issue of 1.2 version of the protocol. Marco Vatteroni (SpecTec Group s ILS manager) introduced the Shipdex Protocol from a technical point of view showing all possible way to take advantage of Shipdex datasets importing them, in a completely automatic way, into AMOS Business Suite database or in established company Common Source Data Base (CSDB). Page 3

4 SPSC and SPMG >> Limassol (CY), December 8 th, 2009 Shipdex Protocol Maintenance Group meeting (SPMG-05) activities The Shipdex Protocol Maintenance Group (SPMG) met on 8 th December 2009 at Ajax Hotel in Limassol (CY). The elected SPMG joint members attended the meeting for the first time: United Arab SHipping Company Germanischer Lloyd SPMG SHIPDEX PROTOCOL Delegates discussed and decided about the following main topics: CPF issued by SpecTec Group CPF issued by SpecTec Group CPF issued by SpecTec Group CPF issued by SpecTec Group CPF issued by Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione It was also decided that all agreed changes to the Shipdex Protocol will be incorporated in the next issue 1.2 to be released within January >> Limassol (CY), December 9 th, 2009 Shipdex Protocol Steering Committee meeting (SPSC-05) The Shipdex Protocol Steering Committee (SPSC) met on 9 th December 2009 at Ajax Hotel in Limassol (CY). SPSC Delegates discussed and decided about the following main topics: Shipdex Commercialisation Agreement 4 th Shipdex Conference organization Relations to other important shipping organizations SHIPDEX PROTOCOL >> Augsburg (D), February 17 th, 2010 Shipdex Protocol Steering Committee meeting (SPSC-06) The Shipdex Protocol Steering Committee (SPSC) met at MAN Diesel Academy in Augsburg (D) on 17th February The meeting was focused to analyze the result of the 4th Shipdex Conference held on 16thFebruary. SPSC SHIPDEX PROTOCOL >> Copenhagen (DK), May 25 th, 2010 Shipdex Protocol Maintenance Group meeting (SPMG-07) May 26 th, 2010 Shipdex Protocol Steering Committee meeting (SPSC-07) The Shipdex Protocol Maintenance Group (SPMG) and the Shipdex Protocol Steering Committee (SPSC) will meet on 25th and 26th May 2010 at MAN Diesel & Turbo premises in Copenhagen. SPMG SHIPDEX PROTOCOL SPSC SHIPDEX PROTOCOL Page 4

5 Shipdex members news >> Naples (IT), April 5 th, 2010 Grimaldi announces the Grimaldi-Finnlines Shipdex project Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione s.p.a Grimaldi Group announced to have launched the First Shipdex Ship project on 5 Finnlines sister ships already in service. This project will allow to collect all the technical information relevant to all installed equipments on-board the 5 Star class Vessels and to convert all of them into Shipdex format. The Shipdex datasets will be automatically imported into the Grimaldi AMOS Business Suite installation in the office and on-board of every single vessel. This will be the first step in building a Grimaldi Group Common Source Database for all the Grimaldi Group fleet in order to have available on line all the technical information relevant to the 100 vessels actually in service and for the 25 New Building actually on development. The same Shipdex datasets will be used to build new technical manuals as well. >> Copenhagen (DK), April 19 th, 2010 MAN Diesel & Turbo receives Shipdex orders >> Copenhagen (DK), April 19 th, 2010 Marine Equipment Makers Day in Copenhagen Q4-201 Following the Shipdex Conference in Augsburg 16th February, a number of ship owners have contacted MAN Diesel & Turbo for delivery of Shipdex maintenance data. The majority of the ship owners seek data for their new buildings, but there is also interest from owners planning to retrofit vessels with new maintenance systems (CMMS). However, with some ship owners the dialog has stopped short because their CMMS is not Shipdex compliant. Says Henrik Striboldt, Business Development Manager at MAN Diesel & Turbo. We would be more than happy to deliver high quality maintenance data in Shipdex format to our customers, allowing them to maximize their benefit from operating our products - so we recognize a need for more CMMS companies to upgrade their software to become Shipdex compliant. MAN Diesel & Turbo is planning an initiative to bring together members of marine equipment makers associations in the northern European region. The venue will be Q at MAN Diesel & Turbo premises in Copenhagen. The purpose of this gathering is to inform about the Shipdex protocol, including the present status from the Shipdex community. On the day MAN Diesel & Turbo will be among the companies who will share experiences and lessons learned, in order to help other equipment makers jump the Shipdex wagon. Page 5

6 >> Limassol (CY), April 28 th, 2010 First Shipdex contract at Intership Navigation Co. Ltd Intership Navigation Co. Ltd. Intership Navigation Co. Ltd has successfully entered into a contract with MAN Diesel & Turbo for delivery of technical documentation according to Shipdex specification for a number of vessels. MAN Diesel & Turbo will create hull specific Shipdex datasets for 6 sister vessels equipped with 6 S40ME-B engines, and another 2 sister ships equipped with 6S70MC-6 engines. Our intention is to use Shipdex data not only to populate our Computerised Planned Maintenance System, but also to initiate building of our electronic technical documentation database, and a repository of technical information (CSDB). We plan to use Spectec AMOS Shipdex Suite components to build and then view and search technical documentation in the form of IETP, both in the office and on board of the vessels. We are really excited and having big hopes as to the results of the project, especially that the initial preparation phase that we have conducted together with MAN Diesel & Turbo has shown again, that handling and availability of precise technical information/ manuals is still something that shipping industry is struggling with a lot! We believe that wide acceptance of Shipdex as a quality and delivery tool could bring a very significant improvement in this respect. Shipdex at other events >> Washington (US), November 30 th, 2009 December rd, 2009 Shipdex delegate attended the S1000D Steering Committee meeting Shipdex delegate attending the S1000D Steering Committee meeting. The S1000D Council has officially reserved a seat at the s1000d Steering Committee for Shipdex. Consequently Shipdex Protocol technical manager has been invited to attend the upcoming S1000D Steering Committee meetings as an observer on behalf of the Shipdex Protocol. Mr. Marco Vatteroni (SpecTec Group HO and Shipdex technical manager) attended the S1000D Steering Committee meeting held in Washington (US) on November 30 - December , at ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning) premises. About ADL: The ADL Initiative develops and implements learning technologies across the U.S. Department of Defense and federal government. ADL collaborates with government, industry, and academia to promote international specifications and standards for designing and delivering learning content. Page 6

7 >> Hamburg (D), April 14 th, 2010 Shipdex presentation at the Digital Ship Conference Shipdex Protocol was presented during the 1st Annual Digital Ship Conference in Hamburg. Mr. Marco Vatteroni (SpecTec Group ILS manager and Shipdex technical manager) talked about developments with the Shipdex Protocol to enable all technical documentation to be provided onboard vessels electronically rather than on paper using the Spectec s AMOS Shipedx Suite IT System. >> Stockholm (SE), June 7 th - 11 th, 2010 The next S1000D Steering Committee meeting Mr. Marco Vatteroni (SpecTec Group ILS manager and Shipdex technical manager) will attend, on behalf of SPMG, the next S1000D Steering Committee meeting that will be held in Stockholm on June 7-11, 2010 Page 7

8 Shipdex new registered members profiles Company Aeromarine Introduction Ever since its origins in 1968, Aeromarine has specialized its activity in the field of Navigation and Communications Electronics. Later, in 1990, Aeromarine formed a new division, Software & I.T., thus offering also Process Management Solutions both in the marine and in the industrial sectors. LEADING SOLUTIONS: Working with world-leading brands, and investing in its own technical capacity, Aeromarine makes a constant effort to ensure the state-of-the-art solutions of the highest possible quality. Such as: Integrated Navigation Systems Data and Voice Communications Systems, both Internal and External Process Management Systems, for Maintenance, Requisitions, Purchasing, Quality, Inventory, Technical Documentation... Maritime Traffic Management Solutions, Sensors Integration Defense Systems QUALITY TECHNICAL SERVICE SUPPORT: Aeromarine has its own Service Support Network, available in the main ports around Spain. We offer availability 365 days a year, at any time. Through our Centralized Service Coordination, which can be also accessed out of office hours via our Service Hotline, we are able to respond to your support needs at any location, bet it in Spain or abroad, at any time on any day. Daedalus Aerospace Daedalus Aerospace is a technical services and consultancy company specialising in technical publications and Logistic Support Analysis (LSA). Although initially set up as an aerospace publications company specialising in S1000D compliancy, Daedalus now works with companies in other sectors who have seen the benefits of moving to XML based publication systems and using industry standard specifications. Daedalus are flexible and can offer a range of services including a basic authoring service on behalf of our clients, either following their company style guides and writing rules or developing them where necessary. They can offer a complete technical publication suite management service including taking control or implementing - a common source database, authoring and updating of the documentation and can provide Interactive Electronic Technical Publication (IETP) solutions where required. For companies with an LSA requirement, we can also offer a complete Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) service which is carried out by our in-house ILS experts. Page 8

9 Inmedius Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, with offices throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom, Australia and India, Inmedius is a global leader in delivering innovative, performance-oriented applications and services that capture, create, manage and deploy information and learning assets. Our customers, and their clients, are enabled to share an unprecedented level of productivity and efficiency. In addition to program services, Inmedius provides Content Management, S1000D, ATA, and DITA solutions for publishing, aerospace, defense, government, manufacturing, and health care organizations, worldwide. Rederi AB Transatlantic Rederi AB Transatlantic conducts operations through the Offshore/Icebreaking and Industrial Shipping business areas. Offshore/Icebreaking operations comprise icebreaking in the Baltic Sea during January March and assignments for the offshore industry, with expertise to operate in the Arctic areas. The operations within Industrial Shipping concentrate on contract-based transports, primarily for Nordic base industries. The Ship Management support unit comprises ship propulsion and the division for new construction. Transatlantic is listed on the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm. ROLLS-ROYCE Marine Rolls-Royce has a wealth of experience in ship, propulsion and power systems design, designing more than 700 ships over the last 30 years, many of them for the harshest working environments, like the offshore oil industry and coastal protection duties. The Company s equipment range is one of the broadest in the world. In addition to Rolls-Royce marine gas turbines it includes Bergen diesel engines, Kamewa propellers and shaftlines, azimuth thrusters, waterjets, stabiliser and steering gear systems, electrical power, distribution and automation systems. Syncrolift shiplifts, underway replenishment-at-sea systems and a broad range of specialist winches and deck machinery completes the range. This gives the company an unrivalled ability not only to provide innovative ship designs, but to assist ship designers, shipyards and navies in the selection and integration of the propulsion and power system, ship and auxiliary systems and ancillaries. With 70 of the world s maritime forces and over 30,000 commercial vessels using Rolls-Royce equipment the company s service network continues to expand with 50 centres in 29 countries and more planned. Rolls-Royce has extensive experience in the application of S1000D on its defence vessels and will be evaluating the Shipdex protocol as a route to implementing a consistent standard across its commercial platforms. Page 9

10 Shipdex registered members list The List of Shipdex Registered Members (May 5 th, 2010) Advanced IT - Ship Convergence Center of Korea Maritime University University KR Aeromarine IT company ES Alfa Laval Tumba AB Manufacturer SE ATLANTIC CONTAINER LINE Ship-owner US Citec Information Oy Ab Service Provider FI CORENA IT company DK CORENA Beijing Representative Office IT company CN CORENA Canada Ltd. IT company CA CORENA Danmark A_S IT company DK CORENA Deutschland GmbH IT company DE CORENA Norge AS IT company NO CORENA Sverige AS IT company SE CORENA USA Inc. IT company US Daedalus Aerospace Ltd Service Provider GB Elomatic Consultant FI FINNLINES Ship-owner FI Germanischer Lloyd Class Society DE Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.p.A Ship-owner IT Ibruk as Service Provider NO Inmedius IT company GB Intership Navigation Co. Ltd Ship-owner CY KJ RADIO CO., LTD IT company KR Kongsberg Maritime AS Manufacturer NO MacGREGOR (SWE) AB Crane division Manufacturer SE MacGREGOR (SWE) AB Roro Division Manufacturer SE Page 10

11 MacGREGOR (SWE) AB Selfunloaders Manufacturer SE MacGREGOR a part of Cargotec Group Manufacturer FI MALTA MOTORWAYS OF THE SEA Ship-owner MT MAN Diesel & Turbo Manufacturer DK Minoan Lines Ship-owner GR Navalimpianti S.p.A. Manufacturer IT Rederi AB Transatlantic Ship-owner SE Rolls-Royce Marine Manufacturer GB Sorman Group IT company SE Sorman Information AB Consultant SE SpecTec AB IT company SE SpecTec AS IT company NO SpecTec Asia Pacific Pte Ltd IT company SG SpecTec GmbH IT company DE SpecTec Group Holdings Limited IT company CY SpecTec Limited - Cyprus IT company CY SpecTec Limited Branch Office Croatia IT company HR SpecTec Ltd IT company GB SpecTec Middle East IT company AE SpecTec S.p.A. IT company IT SpecTec, Inc. IT company US Tecnimpianti S.p.A. Manufacturer IT TKMS Blohm - Voss Nordseewerke GmbH Shipyard DE United Arab Shipping Company Ship-owner AE UpTime Solutions AB IT company SE Vector Marine Software IT company GR Yanmar Co. Ltd Manufacturer JP Page 11

12 About Shipdex Shipdex Purpose Shipdex is the International Business Rules (The Shipdex Protocol) developed to standardise the production and the exchange of technical and logistic data within the shipping community. The Shipdex Protocol applies to the S1000D International Specification for technical publication utilising a common source database at issue 2.3. S1000D ( is sponsored by: ASD - AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe AIA - Aerospace Industries Association of America ATA - Air Transport Association Terms of Use regarding to S1000D are strictly observed by the Shipdex Protocol. The Shipdex Protocol stands for Business Rules and Technical Specifications to assure a high quality of technical and logistics data and the data exchange between Ship-owners, Shipyards, Manufacturers, Classification Societies and Application Service Providers. For Application Service Providers it is a basic specification to implement data interfaces from Technical Manuals Solutions to Maintenance and Purchase Systems. Shipdex Scope The Shipdex Protocol covers technical data exchange in any sea project which wishes to adopt it. The Shipdex Protocol applies to the S1000D to exchange data in a neutral and standardised format. This means that it can be implemented by anyone on different Information Technology systems. This feature, along with the concept of modularisation, makes Shipdex Protocol acceptable to the international shipping community. Information produced in accordance with Shipdex Protocol is achieved in a modular form, called a data module, which is defined as the smallest self contained information unit within a Shipdex data set. Shipdex Protocol defines data modules as containers for data exchange. Each manufacturer shall develop data modules on the basis of: the Product breakdown in a given configuration the relevant maintenance policy All data modules should be collected in dedicated libraries and supplied to relevant customers including ship configuration information supplied by manufacturers (equipment Part Number and Serial Numbers) and shipyards/ship-owners (Ship Identification and Functional location codes). For more information goto Page 12

13 Why and how to register for Shipdex Shipdex is a non profit organisation whose scope is to develop, maintain and promote an international protocol to standardise electronic exchange of the technical data among the shipping industry. The Shipdex Protocol is available to all upon registration as a member of the Shipdex community. You can register your Company at The first registration fee covers the Shipdex membership, in addition to all of its benefits. You will also receive your controlled and numbered copy of Shipdex Protocol specification together with the Agreement for use of the Shipdex Protocol that will allow the use of it under Copyright rules. >> The first registration fee will also allow you: The first registration fee will allow you also: To participate free of charge, subject to reservation, to seminars and conferences (compatible with allowed places due to the fixed number of participants) organised by Shipdex ; To propose changes, modifications, implementation and maintenance in general of the protocol to SPMG (Shipdex Protocol Maintenance Group) using the web site through member section accessible by Login and Password; To be inserted in the published list of members for Shipdex community; To have one year subscription. Annual subscription fee will allow you: To renew Agreement for use of Shipdex Protocol; To propose changes, modifications, implementation and maintenance in general of the protocol to SPMG (Shipdex Protocol Maintenance Group) using the web site through member section accessible by Login and Password; To download updated copies of Shipdex Protocol specification in consequences of changes, modifications, implementation and maintenance in general performed by the SPMG (Shipdex Protocol Maintenance Group). Your fee will also contribute to maintaining the Shipdex website and promoting and advertising the Shipdex Protocol within the shipping industry as far as to maintaining contacts and exchanges with other industries Technical Data Standardisation Associations like ASD, ATA, AIA, ISO, IMO, etc. Admission as a registered member to Shipdex community is subject to a registration fee of Euro 2.500,00 (VAT excluded) for the first time and subsequently to an annual fee of Euro 500,00 (VAT excluded). Page 13

14 Shipdex Founder Members Intership Navigation Co. Ltd. Shipdex Protocol is a trade mark owned by the following companies (known as Copyright Holders): Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione s.p.a Shipdex Protocol has been developed by the following companies (known as Founder Members): Intership Navigation Co. Ltd. Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione s.p.a Alfa Laval MacGREGOR A Part of Cargotec Group MAN Diesel & Turbo SpecTec Group Holdings Ltd. Yanmar Co. Ltd. Page 14

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