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IMCC

Partnership _____

Voyage Data Recorders:

Practical experiences in VDRs, potential spinoffs and the future

Chris Winkley
Managing Partner - The MHC Partnership

______The
Fire Drill

Partnership _____

______The

IMCC

Partnership _____

Voyage Data Recorders:

Practical experiences in VDRs, potential spinoffs and the future

Chris Winkley
Managing Partner - The MHC Partnership

______The

Voyage Data Recorders

Practicalities

Partnership _____

______The

Voyage Data Recorders

Practicalities
A brief history:

Partnership _____

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Partnership _____

Key Criteria

______The

Key Criteria

All types of incident

Partnership _____

______The

Key Criteria

All types of incident

Produce hard data

Partnership _____

______The

Key Criteria

All types of incident

Produce hard data
User friendly/accessible in real time

Partnership _____

______The

Key Criteria

All types of incident

Produce hard data
User friendly/accessible in real time
For any type of vessel

Partnership _____

______The

Items to be recorded

Bridge Audio

Partnership _____

______The

Items to be recorded

Bridge Audio
Date and Time

Partnership _____

______The

Items to be recorded

Bridge Audio
Date and Time
Ships position

Partnership _____

______The

Items to be recorded

Bridge Audio
Date and Time
Ships position
Speed

Partnership _____

______The

Items to be recorded

Bridge Audio
Date and Time
Ships position
Speed
Heading

Partnership _____

______The

Items to be recorded

Bridge Audio
Date and Time
Ships position
Speed
Heading
Radar

Partnership _____

Additional Items to be
recorded

Ships VHF communications

Echo Sounder
Bridge Alarms status
Rudder angle demand and response
Hull openings status
Watertight and fire door status
Hull stress monitor outputs
Wind speed and direction

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Partnership _____

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Where
appropriate

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Voyage Data Recorders and

the IMO

Partnership _____

IMO Resolution A.861(20)

- Adopted on 27 November 1997 Performance Standards for Shipborne Voyage Data Recorders
(VDRs)

Simplified Voyage Data

Recorders

Existing vessels

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Partnership _____

Simplified Voyage Data

Recorders

Existing vessels
Costs Number of ships involved

______The

Partnership _____

Simplified Voyage Data

Recorders

Existing vessels
Costs Number of ships involved
Technical difficulties

______The

Partnership _____

Simplified Voyage Data

Recorders

Bridge Audio
Date and Time
Ships position
Speed
Heading
Radar

______The

Partnership _____

______The

Partnership _____

Playback

______The

Playback

Partnership _____

______The

What Benefits

Incident investigation

Partnership _____

______The

What Benefits

Incident investigation
Training and monitoring

Partnership _____

______The

What Benefits

Incident investigation
Training and monitoring
Assessment of response to emergencies

Partnership _____

______The

What Benefits

Incident investigation
Training and monitoring
Assessment of response to emergencies
Promoting best practice

Partnership _____

______The

What Benefits

Incident investigation
Training and monitoring
Assessment of response to emergencies
Promoting best practice

REDUCTION IN INSURANCE LOSSES

Partnership _____

Summary of incidents
where VDR evidence
has been used

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Partnership _____

A vessel berthing at the builders yard for guarantee dry docking hit a jetty when
under yard pilotage, sustaining $150,000 steel damage
A vessel dragged its anchor in high winds and touched another ship anchored to
leeward.
A high speed craft incurred a close quarters incident with HM warship.
Vessel entering port in narrow channel struck an underwater object.
Vessel leaving N.W European port hit coaster glancing blow, with limited damage.

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Ownership of VDR recorded

data

Partnership _____

______The

Ownership of VDR recorded

data: IMO A.861(20)

Partnership _____

Information contained in a VDR should be made available to

both the Administrator and the shipowner .
The EU adds in its Directive :-

______The

Ownership of VDR recorded data:

EU 2002/59/EC

Partnership _____

. Data which has been collected from a VDR system shall be

made available to the member State concerned in the event..
This was followed up by the issue by IMO of Guidelines on Ownership and Recovery
which laid down 5 basic rules covering :-

______The

VDR recorded data

Ownership

Partnership _____

______The

VDR recorded data

Ownership
Recovery

Partnership _____

______The

VDR recorded data

Ownership
Recovery
Custody

Partnership _____

______The

VDR recorded data

Ownership
Recovery
Custody
Read-Out

Partnership _____

______The

VDR recorded data

Ownership
Recovery
Custody
Read-Out
Access

Partnership _____

______The

The Future of VDRs

Revisit standards in light of : Experience gained

Advances in technology

Partnership _____

______The

VDRs The Future

Widening of carriage Requirements

Tonnage
Voyage Routes

Partnership _____

______The

VDRs The Future

IMO
MSC meeting Oct 2007

Partnership _____

______The

VDRs The Future

EU
EMDM Project

Partnership _____

______The

EMDM Experts Group

Accident Investigators
Maritime Lawyer
Maritime Union
Naval Architect
VDR Specialists

Partnership _____

______The

EMDM Experts Group:

Maritime Insurance & Underwriter

Partnership _____

______The

Voyage Data Recorders

The end of the beginning

A practical approach to improved marine safety

Partnership _____

______The

IMCC VDR/CJW

Voyage Data Recorders

Chris Winkley
Managing Partner - The MHC Partnership

Partnership _____

______The

Partnership _____

______The

IMCC

Partnership _____

Voyage Data Recorders:

Practical experiences in VDRs, potential spinoffs and the future

Chris Winkley
Managing Partner - The MHC Partnership