signed  in  October  2002,  grants  Lloyd s  Register

ment performance data is a well defined standard

worldwide exclusivity within the ship classification

of  equipment  nomenclature,  boundary  definition,

sector,  and  geographic  exclusivity  in  Europe,  the

taxonomy, and systems hierarchical data structure.

Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Canada. Other alli 

Establishing this standard is the next step in ensur 

ances include Ulysses Systems and BIIG Corpora 

ing that the reliability and maintainability data col 

tion. The Wave  Software System is currently be 

lected will be consistent across both commercial and

ing used on CSX Line s fleet of 16 container ships

military applications.  Without agreed upon bound 

and a portion of London Ship Managers  Fleet.

aries and equipment identifiers, it becomes difficult,

The Wave   software  system Version  4.0  offers

if not impossible, to share equipment data among

the following enhancements:

organizations, benchmark equipment performance,

  Ability to share the aggregate data between

perform  modeling  and  simulation  of  current  and

vessels fleet wide

proposed systems, or use performance data to im 

  Addition of customer defined predicted and

prove operations of commercial and naval vessels.

required parameters for mean time between

Creating consistency on the largest possible scale

failure and mean time to repair that allow

will produce accurate information for the improve 

the user to analyze actual performance ver 

ment of shipbuilding and ship operations.

sus expectations

The objective of this effort is to propose and agree

  Creation of a failure review board module

on standard equipment boundaries with the mari 

designed  to  formalize  procedures  for  ad 

time industry, the U.S. Navy, and any other mari 

dressing critical failures

time  organizations  willing  to  participate  and  es 

tablish a worldwide set of standards for use by the

  Addition of  tree views  throughout the pro 

government and industry in operational data col 

gram, which allows users to easily navigate

lection  and  reporting.   Applications  for  this  data

wherever there are hierarchical structures

include modeling and simulation of complex sys 

  Ability to track equipment and failure in 

tems for new ship design, tracking of commercial

formation during vessel construction mak 

and naval equipment performance, benchmarking

ing it a true life cycle cost package

equipment  performance  across  commercial  and

military applications, condition based monitoring,

World Standard Hierarchy of Equipment

overhaul  planning,  and  pre planned  product  im 

provement using commercial off the shelf and mis 

Boundaries

sion specific equipment.

The  following  current  equipment  identification

Standardization of Reliability, Availability, and

systems were reviewed:

Maintainability  performance data is a key element

  Norwegian SFI group system

to obtain useful shareable information for use in the

improvements  of  ship  design  and  operation.  The

  Expanded Ship Work Breakdown Structure

University of New Orleans, College of Engineering

system of the U.S. Navy

is currently attempting to establish a standard that

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization codifi 

will help plan and design teams handling Reliabil 

cation system

ity, Availability, and Maintainability objectives.

  Draft  Marine  Safety  Evaluation  Program

system of the U.S. Coast Guard

In  an  attempt  to  identify  standard  equipment

  ISO/Final Draft International Standard

boundaries within the maritime industry, the Uni 

14224 (Petroleum and Natural Gas In 

versity of New Orleans, College of Engineering (UNO

dustries) guidelines

COE) investigated and performed research of exist 

  Draft ISO Standard for the Exchange Prod 

ing standards and its applicability to this effort.  Cap 

uct (STEP) Model Data/Application Protocol

turing  high  quality  Reliability,  Availability,  and

(AP) 226 Ship Breakdown Structure

Maintainability (RAM), performance data requires

The advantages and disadvantages of each sys 

careful and consistent collection of equipment fail 

tem  were  identified.  Requirements  for  potential

ure and repair data, operating hours, and repair time.

compliance with ISO 13584 (parts library or Plib)

One important link that is currently lacking in the

were also investigated. An object oriented approach

universal analysis and application of RAM equip 

was selected since it offers higher efficiency as well

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