Technical seminar on SECOM and MCP
How to implement technical (e-navigation) services delivering maritime data (like S-100) utilising SECOM and MCP
Online
October 8 + 9, 2025 @ 10 – 14 UTC both days
The seminar is intended for IT professionals, who are planning to implement technical services using SECOM and MCP, such as Navigational Warnings, VTS services, Marine Protected Areas, etc. An in-depth introduction to the technologies will be provided.
Recordings
Programme and presentations
October 8 Chair / timekeeper: Thomas Christensen, Digital Maritime Consultancy (DMC)
Time slot |
Presenter |
Topic and slides |
| 10:00 – 10:30 (UTC) | Juho Pitkänen, Fintraffic | Welcome + high level introduction |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Minsu Jeon,International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) | Related work in international organisations (IALA, IHO, IMO…) |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Caroline Johansson, Swedish Maritime Authority (SMA), Sweden Christopher Saarnak, Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Denmark Juho Pitkänen, Fintraffic, Finland Julius Möller, Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Australia Valerie Marquette, Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Canada Gareth Wimpenny, GLA Research & Development (GRAD), UK & Ireland Dayoung Song, Korea Maritime Cooperation Center (KMC), Korea | SMA: goverment-perspectives-swedenDEMA: goverment-perspectives-denmark GRAD: goverment-perspectives-uk-ireland CCG: goverment-perspectives-canada |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Q&A | |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Break | |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Thomas Christensen, Digital Maritime Consultancy (DMC) | Demonstrating the benefits, (Navigational Warnings / S-124), NavUI |
| 12:50 – 13:10 | Wonhee Lee, Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO) | Demonstrating the benefits, (Navigational Warnings / S-124), GMT ECDIS |
| 13:10 – 13:40 | Ramin Miraftabi, Fintraffic | SECOM I, Architecture (including last mile), PKI |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Q&A |
October 9 Chair / timekeeper: Nikolaos Vastardis, GRAD
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Nikolaos Vastardis, GLA Research & Development (GRAD) | SECOM II, Operations, interfaces, the library and language repository |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Oliver Haagh, Digital Maritime Consultancy (DMC) | MCP I, MIR & MSR, how to use |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Jakob Svenningsen, Digital Maritime Consultancy (DMC) | MCP II, Portal live demonstration |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Michael Thomsen, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) | MCP III, Brief introduction on MMS and MTS (Maritime Trust System) |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Q&A | |
| 11:45 – 12:05 | Nikolaos Vastardis, GLA Research & Development (GRAD) | Services, specifications and implementation AtoN/S-125 |
| 12:05 – 12:25 | Martin Richard-Cerda, Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) | Services, specifications and implementation NW/S-124 |
| 12:25 – 12:40 | Break | |
| 12:40 – 12:55 | Stelios Contarinis, Hartis | Services, specifications and implementation, MPA/S-122, overview and client side |
| 12:55 – 13:10 | Changyun Lee, AIVeNautics | Services, specifications and implementation, MPA/S-122, provider side |
| 13:10 – 13:40 | Ramin Miraftabi, Fintraffic | Services, implementation – route exchange (S-421), TCS (S-211) + lessons learned |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Thomas Christensen, Digital Maritime Consultancy (DMC) | Q&A, roundup and feedback And something on the Open Digital Incubator |