Tag: Voyage Planning

The Swedish Club announced the launch of its ''Passage Plan+ Guide'', an essential resource designed to support shipowners, operators, and navigational officers which includes several suggestions to provide a more resilient Voyage/Passage Plan.

In today’s dynamic maritime landscape, effective voyage planning has become increasingly complex. Factors such as evolving weather patterns, operational demands and stringent environmental regulations have heightened the need for innovative strategies that integrate advanced technology with human expertise, argues Christos Gatidis, Voyage Planner and Meteorologist at Weathernews' Athens operations centre.

FuelEU Maritime, effective January 2025, introduces stringent "well-to-wake" GHG tracking for European vessels, making traditional methods obsolete. NAVTOR's Jacob Clausen suggests a simpler compliance approach.

ZeroNorth and Cargill entered into to a three-year contract in which ZeroNorth will become Cargill's primary software provider for vessel and voyage optimization.  

Four key steps to help a ship’s officer establish a voyage plan before departure and confirm that the plan ensures a safe voyage and arrival at the destination with no problems.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) released Marine Safety Information Bulletin MSIB No. 04-23 to emphasize the need of proper voyage planning, which includes selecting acceptable cargo stowage arrangements and ensuring that the vessel will comply with all obligatory rules and regulations.

Nowadays, with the increasingly strict requirements for environmental protection in the shipping industry, PSC inspections have started to focus on the environmental protection related content in the passage plan, argues Capt. Zhao Qingwei, Marine Safety Manager of Dasin shipping.

NTSB issued an investigation report on the contact of crane barge Mr Ervin, pushed by towing vessel Kristin Alexis, with Sunshine Bridge on the Lower Mississippi River, in October 2018. The investigation highlighted the incident was a result of poor voyage planning, lack of company oversight and watch turnover between the pilot and the Master. 

Wärtsilä revealed its new Navi-Planner voyage planning and optimisation solution during Nor-Shipping 2019. Developed by Transas, a Wärtsilä company, the new Navi-Planner utilizes the connected ECDIS. The new connectivity enables onboard voyage planning to be cut from 5 hours to 30min, and it also aims to provide better navigational safety standard for less experienced seafarers.

NAPA, a maritime software, services and data analysis provider and ChartWorld, a digital chart agent, announced their partnership to provide artificial intelligence-driven voyage planning and optimization. The solution incorporates modules for evaluating the operational efficiency of past voyages. It then uses this data to improve the efficiency of future transits where there are similar variables and trends.