The eMAR Project facilitates information exchange

A three year project, funded by EU to support the e-Maritime Initiative

Maritime transport is a major economical contributor in the EU as well as a necessary component for the facilitationof international and interregional trade on which the European economy is strongly dependent.The eMAR project aims to empower the European maritime sector in offering efficient quality shipping services fullyintegrated in the overall European transport system over an upgraded connectivity infrastructure.

eMAR will deliver:

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An e-Maritime Strategic Framework (EMSF)bringing together into a coherent whole concepts,processes, standards and technologies to createa common language enabling networking andcomputer supported co-operation between theprincipal maritime transport stakeholder groups.
A pilot implementation of e-Maritime solutions foracquiring essential data, handling it, exchanging itand sharing it in the most efficient way taking intoconsideration commercial confidentiality betweenstakeholders.

The development of the e-Maritime Strategic Framework will include the following key aspects:

A number of market surveys to be conducted by a leading company in this field to identify business drivers and requirement priorities of different stakeholder groups
Stakeholder needs analysis, using knowledge of technology and architectural capabilities from related research projects such as MarNIS, Freightwise, EFFORTS, Flagship, SKEMA etc to identify new processes and functionalities.
Identification of implications for standardization and standardisation strategies for areas that cannot be relied upon being developed in other places.
Measures to address legal and organisational inconsistencies at national and regional levels, human factors and change management issues.
Interfaces with SafeSeaNet, e-Freight and e-Customs, National Single Windows, Galileo and e-Navigation developments.
Cost-benefit analysis for new business models (and corresponding legal changes) relying on e-Maritime services

The eMAR Project is a 3 year EU funded research project, which comes to an end in a year (December 2014), to improve the efficiency and increase the competitiveness of the European Maritime Transport. The success of the eMAR Project will be a part of the strategic goals of the EU Maritime Transportation Strategy 2018.

In the coming months, the Project will develop pilot ‘tools’ in order to facilitate daily transactions between the maritime agencies and the governmental / administrative services throughout EU.

Learn more details about the project at official website www.emarproject.eu