On the afternoon of 22 August 2017, a delegation from our court led by Chen Xiangzhi, our vice president, visited Shanghai Maritime Court. They conducted a survey of the building of intelligent maritime courts and dispatched tribunals.

The delegation visited the litigation service centre, court culture showroom, maritime joint command centre, and remote case assessment office of the other court. The maritime joint command centre integrates 8 modules, namely trial management, team building, service orientation, information control, police support, command centre, intelligent analyses with maritime features, and coordination. It comprehensively and directly shows the duties of Shanghai Maritime Court and reflects its achievements in informatization. The ship data analyzing system developed by the court itself is most characteristic. It is based on statistics obtained from VTS, AIS and other ship positioning systems. It has integrated IMO ship registration information and the ship tracking information obtained from national maritime transport administrations. Combining information such as ship owners, locations, routes, destination ports and estimated arrival time, it identifies, locates and tracks ships through intelligent analysis. This supports case hearing and ship arrests with detailed information.

To adapt to the jurisdiction over multiple divisions and facilitate proceedings for nonlocals, Shanghai Maritime Court has built a high-definition digital remote courtroom in its dispatched tribunal. Through a remote hearing and collegial system, it has enabled point-to-point remote court hearing and collegial consideration, thereby reducing the costs incurred by litigants. This has set a good example for the development of remote hearing and collegial system of our court.

In the subsequent discussion, the courts shared in-depth thoughts about court informatization and the building of dispatched tribunals.