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Tue 8 May 2012, 15:37 GMT

Ship routing firm integrates onboard tools


Routing and navigation systems are integrated to optimize voyage planning and fuel efficiency.

Applied Weather Technology (AWT) has announced an integration of two key onboard tools: AWT’s BonVoyage System (BVS) - an on-board weather routing system - with Transas' Electronic Chart Display Navigation System (ECDIS), in order to help captains fully optimize their voyage planning.

"With this union, captains will now be able to transfer data from BVS to Transas Navi-Sailor ECDIS and vice-versa to efficiently and safely navigate their voyages," AWT said.

"The combination of these two industry-leading systems is a key advantage for our clients," said Skip Vaccarello, president and CEO for AWT. "Now, captains can see their routes optimized by BVS plotted into the ECDIS navigation system. This will give captains the ability to navigate with pinpoint accuracy the safest and most efficient routes for their specific vessels."

BVS is used aboard more than 4,000 ships to identify the safest and most time-efficient or fuel-efficient routes to their destinations, given the latest weather and sea conditions as well as vessels' specifications.

BVS 6.0 has features designed to help ship captains and fleet managers reduce fuel costs and curb CO2 emissions. It also provides other innovations such as 16-day forecasts updated four times daily, and 10 years of historical climate data for planning voyages longer than 16 days.

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