Electronic Lookout Technical Requirements

The overall goal of ECAMARIS (Enablers and Concepts for Automated Maritime Solutions) project is to create enablers for autonomous solutions providing added value to maritime industry. ECAMARIS focuses on autonomous ship technologies and concepts which serve as enablers for three use cases with estimated business and safety benefits to shipowners: relocation of ship bridge, conditionally and periodically less-manned bridge, and conditionally and periodically unmanned bridge. Conditionally and periodically less-manned or unmanned bridge solutions reduce navigation related operating expenses via more efficient crew utilization and the reduction in the number of crew through an enhanced watch systems. For supporting the development of the project use cases and the commercialization of their key technologies, ECAMARIS aims to demonstrate that the studied technologies fulfil the existing regulatory requirement of automated ships, being capable
of at least the level of safety of conventional ships. This is done by defining minimum technical and functional requirements for the digital line of sight, electronic lookout and conditionally unmanned bridge technology. These requirements are provided by using processes, test methods and research infrastructure developed in the project.

This report lists requirements for the electronic lookout, which were collected from various sources and supported by the shore-based field measurements conducted in real-world conditions in the Harmaja pilot station from February 24th to March 23rd 2023. This report supports the process starting at IMO MSC 104, during which the European Commission plans to propose to put the electronic lookout on the IMO agenda.