Real-time route monitoring

Navmaster ECDIS automatically displaysprimary and secondary ship position and provides the navigator with vital voyage information including:•ARPA target information•Information from interfaced sensors•Heading indicator •Scaled ship outline (on suitable chart scale) to aid berthing• Warnings and alarms such as safety contours, off-track, wheelover, critical point, chart status, interfaced sensor alarms, system integrity etc• Automatic logbook, with manual entry option
Vessel underway with heading marker set to show predicted position at user-defined intervals.

Berth-to-berth route planning

The organisation and structure ofNavmaster ECDIS route planning is unique amongst Ecdis systems and superior to the normal standard. The resulting passage plan documentation can be used to conform to the ISM Code and company quality requirements.Navmaster’s passage planning has beenthe standard for the Shell International fleet since 1997.•Separate databases for waypoints and routes, to make planning informative and much more efficient•Notes can be stored against each waypoint, and will be transferred into any routes which utilise that waypoint•The detailed passage plan documentation incorporates the navigator’s instructions and notes•The plan report can be customised with a company logo and name•Routes can be exported/shared with other vessels in the fleet•Passage plans can be exportedand emailed to head offices and third parties
Route planned from Zeebrugge with relevant data in tabular form listing waypoints bynumber and name. An alternate route is also visible on the chart. Navmaster ECDIS passage plan report incorporates pilotage and navigation instructionsand can be printed for hard-copy storage or exported to another application.