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Navigation, Charts and ECDIS

Going beyond

ECDIS compliance

S
ince the announcement that ECDIS would be a really keen to see how ECDIS can contribute to a better
mandatory system, it has sparked the start of a working environment onboard, which will also lead to

marketing war with numerous systems being offeredincreased safety and performance,” said Anders Rydlinger,

– some from well-known companies and others from Product Director, Navigation, Transas Marine.
newcomers, all offering compliant solutions across different Transas introduced its Navi-Planner 4000 software, said

price ranges.to be one of the ECDIS market’s most powerful charts and
But it is the ease of use and those that contribute to a data management tools, after developing it through co-

better working environment onboard that are proving more operation with master mariners, vetting inspectors, marine
attractive, according to Transas Marine.superintendents and ECDIS specialists.

It says if a shipping company just wants to prove Initially planned as a chart management tool, it ended
compliance, then a simple way of choosing would be to go for up being a tool for complete voyage planning and data

the cheapest and provided three major requirements are met management and offers a system that is able to exchange
– type-approved ECDIS, oficial and up-to-date charts and information ship to shore and provide access to all data

trained oficers – then compliance will be achieved. However, through one system.

the company should look further if it is concerned about Over the last few years, Navi-Planner has evolved into
safety, eficiency and performance.leet management software that takes the seafarer through

“We see that some companies are only interested in each step of a voyage and it handles oficial data such as
fulilling the requirements at the lowest cost. Others areAdmiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) and transfers oficial

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