Customised Routeing
Passages are tailored to the vessel, its cargo and safety thresholds.
The Challenge
Comprehensive, berth-to-berth voyage planning is a complex and time-consuming task for mariners. Without Sea Passage software, the task is even more difficult. Before plotting a course, much data must be gathered and considered to determine a route that meets all necessary criteria for safety, compliance and scheduling.
There are several factors that determine the viability of sea routes. These include vessel details such as equipment, routeing systems, laden levels and safety management systems. Factors relevant to the route, such as forecasted weather, NavArea warnings, environmental zones and piracy risks must also be examined. Finally, there are commercial requirements to take into account, which often concern the vessel’s fuel-consumption and speed, as well as scheduling and cargo requirements.
Introducing PassageManager
Passage Manager allows shoreside teams to perform in depth appraisals and plan ECDIS-compliant routes that are as safe, timely and accurate as possible. By simply entering voyage details, including time and port of departure and port of arrival, the solution visually presents the optimal track, complete with a detailed waypoints table. Users can then modify and tweak routes, to understand and visualise how varying circumstances will affect their journey.
All the data, publications and charts needed for comprehensive marine navigation and safety can be viewed and purchased directly through the solution. This ensures that users are always referencing current information and that outfits are constantly up to date.
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Faster, smarter e-navigation
Passage Manager is comprised of several modules that, together, inform a safe, compliant voyage plan. The synchronisation with outfit management shows the Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) that are required for each step of the journey and distinguishes those that are in the current outfit from those that need to be acquired. Charts can then quickly be purchased through the solution.
Using navigational, port, tidal and weather data, PassageManager can create a broad and fully customised passage plan in minutes. The passage plan is designed to meet bridge procedure guides, the navigational requirements set out in SOLAS Chapter V and the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) Convention. It can be adjusted to meet the specifications of each vessel and requirements mandated at the fleet level. Once complete, plans can be saved, approve, exported, and recalled for quick usage and modification at any time.
Improved Insight and Safety
PassageManager makes it easier and quicker for crews to collate all required elements for effective voyage planning. Users aboard can access the latest Notices to Mariners to all current warnings and alerts along and around their route. They can also set safety and compliance thresholds that adhere to company policies, such as UKC levels or weather limits. Visual alerts will signify when a contemplated route takes vessels through potentially unsafe zones.
Flexible and up to date, Passage Manager self-updates with the latest environmental, weather and navigational data, providing improved insight.
What it Enables
A Big-Picture View
Visualise the multiple factors that inform routeing decisions on one dynamic interface.
Efficiency
Free up crew time spent on creating, updating and adjusting passage plans.
Higher Standards of Safety
View safety-impeding factors and enter customised routeing parametres to keep vessels within safety margins.
Environmental Responsibility
Clearly identify environmental zones to better plan safe emissions and discharges.
Streamlined Passage Planning
Gather data, create & modify routes, and approve plans in one digital workflow.
How it does this
Automatic Route Generation
Generate a route between specific locations – ports or anchorages, complete with an edit-able waypoints table.
Scenario Optimisation
Routes can be optimised to prioritise Time, Cost or Fuel-Efficiency.
Full Integration
Integrates with ADPs, ENCs and ECDIS.
High Configurability
Enter detailed vessel and route settings to receive accurate outputs that take unique specifications into account.
Dynamic Functionality
Interconnected data updates accordingly in the event of a change in circumstances.
Integrated Data
Layers of data presented on one dynamic, configurable display.
Key modules for complete navigation
Voyage Planner
- Gather data, evaluate routes and complete complex voyage planning calculations in a fraction of the time needed for traditional methods.
- End to end route creation, including detailed waypoints that are fully customisable.
- Create dynamic routes that take ship specifications and manoeuvrability into account.
ChartManager
- Manage electronic and paper chart outfits and corrections simultaneously
- View and manage ENCs, Paper charts and Notices to Mariners
Weather Optimisation
- Plan weather-optimised routes with up-to-date forecasts
- Set vessel thresholds for weather limits, including wave height, wind speeds and minimum distance from storms
- Use the Weather Playback feature to view how weather patterns will affect a vessel along a projected route
Ports Data
- View detailed port information, including terminal and berth data as well as services and facilities available at a port.
- Ensure preparedness for berthing with access to port documentation and certification requirements.
- Access port-specific weather forecasts, detailed information about preferred terminals and berths, and images depicting the layout of the port.
Publications Manager
- Manage electronic and paper publication outfits and corrections.
Piracy Alert Data
- View areas where piracy attacks have recently been reported and risk is high.
NavArea Warnings
- See global Navigational Area warnings that are updated daily.
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