Many shipping companies/operators are now using some form of ‘passage planning’ to improve their operational efficiency. Careful passage planning processes can avoid hazardous weather (eg loss of containers), improve fuel efficiency and reduce steaming time. With the proliferation of piratical acts in a number of busy shipping regions, ship owners and charterers are considering how best to preserve the integrity of their vessels and cargoes.
Access to high quality and timely weather information is critical to many of these advantages and this information is readily available from a number of sources. However each ship design responds to wind and waves in a different way and it is the response of the particular vessel to the conditions, bearing in mind its loading conditions, that will inform the Master’s judgement as to the acceptability of his course or speed. Given accurate weather data, the right ship rough weather response information and the individual vessel’s load state can now all be taken into account within a modern routing system to ensure that the routing is entirely appropriate to the specific circumstances.
MOST are considering the use of modern computing technologies to provide a ship routing system that takes account of specific hull performance in adverse weather to deliver an optimum weather routing solution to each ship operator.
MOST are working with a high quality maritime security company to deliver a full routing and safety service for high value vessels and cargoes that are exposed to the upsurge in piracy.
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