Shipdex is a collection of international business rules developed to standardize and improve the production and the exchange of technical information between equipment makers, shipyards and ship-owners according to international S1000D specifications already in use for about 30 years in the military sector (naval, land and aerospace) and adopted more recently by Civil aviation.
[1] Shipdex Protocol covers technical data exchange in any maritime project, and is open to any company or organization which wishes to use it by registering at www.shipdex.org.
The Shipdex Protocol was developed by the following (founding member) companies: Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.P.A., Intership Navigation Co., Ltd., Mastermind Shipmanagement Ltd., Alfa Laval, MacGregor, (a part of Cargotec Group), MAN Diesel & Turbo, SpecTec Group Ltd., and Yanmar Co. Ltd., but was registered as a trademark for copyright purposes under the name of Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.P.A. and Internship Navigation Ltd.
The SPMG considers change proposals issued by Shipdex Registered Members at each meeting and may ratify them for incorporation in the Protocol.
[2] The Shipdex Protocol specification criteria were designed to provide the end user with essential, complete, and non-redundant technical information which is linked to logistic studies (if any), equivalent analysis, and related maintenance strategies.