The Maritime Safety and Security Information System(MSSIS) is an unclassified, near-real-time global data-sharing network designed to enhance maritime domain awareness by enabling participating governments to exchange vessel-tracking and sensor information via Automatic Identification System (AIS). Developed and operated by the U.S. Department of Transportation'sVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, MSSIS aggregates data from member states into a central exchange, allowing each contributor to ingest, use and view combined data from other nations while preserving national sovereignty over participation.[1]
MSSIS provides participating nations access to global shipping information. Specific benefits of sharing AIS data via MSSIS include:[3]
Feeding data to existing in-country maritime awareness systems & initiatives
Building regional Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) capabilities
Allowing the development of vessel safety statistics & analysis of vessel transits
Serving as the underlying feed for layering complementary data (radar pictures, oil spill monitoring, port operations etc.)
MSSIS already serves as the data feed for many sophisticated applications, such as the U.S. government created web application, SeaVision, benefiting seafarers and citizens of nations around the world.
MSSIS capabilities
The Volpe Center provides Transview (TV32), a Microsoft Windows-based application,[4] to access the MSSIS network. Transview provides a means to view MSSIS data and can also serve as interface between the MSSIS network and other Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) systems a government might already be operating.[5]
Safety statistics (via data logging & playback, snapshot files)
Pilot navigation (ETA, closest point of approach, dead reckoning)
Accident investigation (via data logging and playback)
Buoy positioning
Oil spill modeling display
Harbor surveillance
Secure vessel transiting
Monitoring of territorial waters
Security zones - dynamic, static, user-defined
Secure data exchange
MSSIS Security
Because participants view the protection of vessel data from unauthorized use as crucial, MSSIS enables password-protected, Internet-based sharing of AIS data using encrypted data links (TCP/IPSSL Secure Socket Layer).
No processing, alteration, or storing occurs
Data is open source and freely shared among participating governments
Can be used by any system that uses standard format AIS data
By contributing AIS data into MSSIS, a country becomes eligible to receive the AIS data from all nations participating in MSSIS. Technical assistance is available to any country with a willingness to participate. Transview (TV32), the MSSIS client software, is provided free-of-charge by the Volpe Center.[8]
Nations interested in learning more about MSSIS contact the interim MSSIS administrator, the U.S. Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness, to arrange a visit by a technical assessment team. This team can demonstrate the benefits of MSSIS and discuss participation requirements.
↑ Transview (TV32) Installation and Operations Guide for Maritime Safety and Security Information System (MSSIS). U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA, July 10, 2008, p. 5-6. https:/mssis.volpe.dot.gov/Main/manual/
↑ Transview (TV32) Installation and Operations Guide for Maritime Safety and Security Information System (MSSIS). U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA, July 10, 2008, p. 7. "Manual". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
↑ Transview (TV32) Installation and Operations Guide for Maritime Safety and Security Information System (MSSIS). U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA, July 10, 2008, p. 5. "Manual". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
↑ TV32 Overview, from the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center Web site. Accessed March 4, 2009 from "TV32 - Overview". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
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