On the road and in the air
Nowadays, cars depend extensively on electrical and electronic equipment, onboard computer systems that provide invaluable assistance to drivers, give them a greater insight into their vehicle’s performance, status and safety. The same is true in aviation where avionics plays an increasingly important role in flight control, monitoring and management.
This in turn makes IEC standardization and conformity assessment work vitally important to the automobile and aviation industries.
At sea
The era of sea travel is well over, with the exception of leisure cruises. Maritime transport today is at the core of international trade as tankers, bulk carriers, general cargo or container ships transport between 80% and 90% of all raw and finished products between countries. Safety of maritime crews at sea has been a concern ever since ships started transporting goods and people thousands of years ago. Ships have become very advanced machines that rely ever more on electrical equipment. Several IEC TCs (Technical Committees) work with the shipping industry, the International Maritime Organization and international bureaus or registers of shippings to prepare International Standards for reliable and safe electrical systems on ships and offshore units.
