The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH) provides nautical information, maritime safety services, environmental monitoring, and marine spatial planning for German waters.
IMIS was created as a direct response to the introduction of the ITU-R.M1371-1 specified Automatic Identification System [AIS] technology and the directive issued by the International Maritime Organisation [IMO] that all Safety Of Life At Sea [SOLAS] vessels will be required to install an AIS terminals over a period of time starting in July 2002.
The IMO directive has resulted in IMIS creating a Maritime Data Radio Network [MDRN] capable of handling not only the ITU-R.M1371-1 AIS protocol but existing data radio technologies such radio telemetry and other private and public mobile radio solutions.
SEEKARTE Kapitän August Dammeyer GmbH & Co. KG provides precise and updated nautical-hydrographical data and navigation aids, supporting crews and shipowners with official electronic and printed maritime publications and services since 1919.
SMDG e.V. is a registered non-profit association and official UN/CEFACT User Group dedicated to standardizing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages for the maritime container business, serving shipping lines, container terminals, and related maritime organizations.