The Future Tasks of GICOMS in Preparation for the Age of e-Navigation

This paper aims to find out future tasks of GICOMS(General Information Center on Maritime Safety & Security) through identification of required system for implementation of e-Navigation. We derive nine advancement subjects for model of advanced GICOMS through brainstorming with experts of maritime safety. And then, we analyze the structure of extracted nine advancement subjects using by fuzzy structural modeling method, and propose a structural model that grasps the correlation between elements. As a result, we find out that “advancement of GICOMS” is the final goal in preparation for the age of e-navigation in the highest level, and “improvement a system of information production”, “improvement a scheme of information providing”, “linkage between GICOMS and VTS” and “building global networks for safety cooperation” are located in the lowest level. Especially, “advancement of GICOMS” is influenced by “advancement function of VMS” and “Activation of usage” in the middle level. We suggest that state-of-the-art IT facilities, equipment and expertise should be utilized to improve and enhance the user-centered transition such as maritime workers for advancement of GICOMS based on proposed structure model.