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The ISLK Project is a Norwegian initiative, sponsored by the Norwegian Research Council (Norges Forskningsråd). There are a total of nine Partner companies, including the Norwegian Coastal Administration, who is in charge of the requirements for ships reporting to Norwegian ports.

The abbreviation ISLK is related to the Norwegian project name "Informasjonsmodell for Skip-Land Kommunikasjon", which in English means "Information model for Ship to Shore Communication".

Øyvind Hoff at Det Norske Veritas is the ISLK project manager.

Background

True electronic port clearance have become a reality. The 6th of June 2005, the US implemented their system eNOA/D (electronic Notice of Arrival/Departure), which all ships above 300 GRT have to use for in/out clearance in US ports. Any ship refusing to comply with these regulations will be denied port entry.

In Europe SafeSeaNet (SSN) is developed as an Internet based system. This system is mainly used for exchange of information between different authorities (countries).

Regarding electronic reporting from ship to shore we expect to see several different national solutions in Europe, and gradually in the rest of the world. There is nothing that indicates that we will have a common standard worldwide.

As a counter balance to the above mentioned ”chaos”/ trend, the ISLK project’s aim is to find a unifying method and standardized routines for ship-shore reporting