LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AIS

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AIS••DevelopmentDevelopment

••TenderTender

••ImplementationImplementation

••SolutionSolution

••BaseBase stationsstations

••AIS AIS datadata propogationpropogation

••SoftwareSoftware

••InternationalInternational connectionsconnections

••ProblemsProblems

••ProposalsProposals

••FutureFuture plansplans

LATVIAN AISDEVELOPMENT

The theMinistryMaritime2003

working group was created fromof Transport, Ministry of Defence,Administration, Navy and MRCC in

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LATVIAN AISDEVELOPMENT

Feasibility study was accomp of September 2003 till Ja ,whichAdministra from the Swedish Maritime Administration.

lished from the end nuary 2004 by a common team

consisted of experts from the Maritime tion of Latvia, Latvian Navy, MRCC and experts

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISTENDERTENDER

From the January 2004 till December 2004 the work wascompleted on the subject of preparation of the tender documentation, announcement of tender and evaluation of proposals.

Contract between the winner, Transas Scandinavia AB and the Ministry of Transport of Latvia about implementation of national shore-based AIS system was signed on 17th of December 2004 .

LATVIAN AISImplementation

The implementation of Latvian AIS Network was carried out from the January 2005 till July 2005 .

At the beginning of July 2005 the Latvian AIS Network has been successfully commissioned.

Provisional Acceptance Certificate was signed on 14th of July 2005 and started 2 years warranty period.

LATVIAN AISSOLUTION

The Latvian AIS Network is based on existing GMDSS structure and includes 8 remote AIS sites with

Transas Base Stations T211.

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISRemote sites

KOLKAVITRUPE

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISBase stations

LATVIAN AISSOLUTION

Remote control of all AIS Base Stations is provided from the Maritime Rescue control

Centre (MRCC) located in Riga.

LATVIAN AISSOLUTION

The MRCC equipped with Transasprovides full redundancy of the system.

All of Riga VTS, VentspilsAdministration Latvian AIS Network and HELCOM server.

AIS Network facility

the main AIS Network clients MRCC, Latvian Navy,VTS, Liepaja VTS and Maritime

have the possibility to obtain data from the

LATVIAN AIS SYSTEMLATVIAN AIS SYSTEMCommunicationCommunication planplan

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISAIS AIS datadata propogationpropogation

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISAIS AIS datadata propogationpropogation

LATVIAN AIS SYSTEMLATVIAN AIS SYSTEMClientsClients’ ’ softwaresoftware

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISClients’ software

Leased lines and Internet clients Web clients

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISInternationalInternational connectionsconnections

•HELCOM connection

•Direct bidirectional connections to neightbourcountries:

- Estonia (allready done)- Sweden (not yet performed)

- Lithuania (not yet performed)

••At At thethe timetime beingbeing numbernumber of targets inside HELCOM of targets inside HELCOM area is 2819 (so, the limit of 3600 area is 2819 (so, the limit of 3600 targetstargets couldcould bebeoverreachedoverreached inin thethe near near futurefuture))

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISInternationalInternational connectionsconnections

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISPROBLEMSPROBLEMS

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISPROBLEMSPROBLEMS

Microsoft licenses’ policy.

Web server shall allow 50 client connections.Used Windows XP Professional OS has restrictions in the number of connections (up to 10).OS shall be changed to Window Server 2003 including allnecessary licences.

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISPROBLEMSPROBLEMS

FATDMAFATDMA configuration proposed by Supplier, Transas Scandinavia, does’nt fully correspond to HELCOM FATDMA plan concerning the msg. 4 “Base Station Report” on channel B.

LATVIAN AIS SYSTEMLATVIAN AIS SYSTEMProposalsProposals

HELCOM proxy software.

At present the HELCOM proxy software (Gatehouse) ismade as application and human’s assistance isnecessary.

It would be better to create HELCOM proxy software asWindows service, with auto start and auto logonpossibility

LATVIAN AISLATVIAN AISFuture plans

INTERNET connections

Actually we are using IP 195.114.45.143

MRCC is going on to change INTERNET provider forAIS system.

In the immidiate future, there will be new connection

to HELCOM server for Latvia.