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e-Navigator screenshot.
AIO will give a navigator the power, utility
and safety, which electronic charts provide, as
well as the quality, reliability and integrity of
Admiralty assured data.
The UKHO claimed that the system is
aimed at setting a new standard in safe
navigation, voyage planning and fleet
management by providing accurate berth to
berth information through one single user
friendly application.
Previously, bridge personnel using
navigational products and services have had to
work with a multitude of different information
from different sources. The aim of Admiralty
e-Navigator is to bring together all the
Admiralty navigational offerings in one place
to make every stage of navigation and fleet
management smarter, simpler and safer.
At the heart of the system is a free
Admiralty product catalogue, free advanced
chart optimisation and selection, real time
product ordering and delivery tools, a free
electronic chart viewer and instant access to
Admiralty digital product updates. It is also
claimed to be able cut the complexities of
chart ordering.
It has also been designed to be a gateway to
a growing number of existing and new
applications, datasets, products and services
produced by both the UKHO and other
maritime information suppliers.
The system has been developed for both
ashore and on board use. The on board e-
Navigator planning station is a software
application for use on a PC at the back of
bridge. The e-Navigator fleet manager version
is a web application that can be accessed via a
company’s internet browser ashore.
Voyage preparation
The UKHO said that around 70% of good
navigation is preparation. Safe and efficient
passage planning can be undertaken across
both paper and digital products. The system
will also reduce the workload on board
through electronic route planning and by
providing immediate access to the latest
navigational intelligence from Admiralty.
Admiralty e-Navigator’s product catalogue,
chart selection and ordering tools enable the
user to purchase the navigational information
needed, when needed and for as long as it is
needed, the UKHO said.
The system has what is claimed to be a
simple product ordering facility to help the
user to have the right information at the right
time, in the right place. It also helps to reduce
the cost of navigation by helping to select the
most cost-efficient mix of charts needed to
sail worldwide safely and in compliance with
international and local regulations.
Admiralty e-Navigator provides immediate
access to any Admiralty digital charts and
publications anytime day or night worldwide
from a user’s preferred distributor.
It also enables the synchronisation of product
holdings with the latest Admiralty updates
direct with UKHO servers in Taunton, UK.
Routes can be planned electronically, thus
reducing the workload on board as the
system will calculate the charts needed for a
voyage, check against current chart holdings
and advise what additional charts and which
corrections are needed for safe and
compliant navigation. It can also be used
to request additional charts and updates
as necessary.
e-Navigator also brings together the
growing range of Admiralty and third party
digital products and services needed for
navigation and voyage planning in one place
to make the viewing, use, organisation,
maintaining and managing easier.
As for the shore-based use, new regulations,
environmental concerns, the demands for
vessel security, as well as the constantly
changing marine environment are all putting
increasing pressure on marine superintendents
and mariners.
Here, the system is claimed to be able to
make modern shore-based management easier
by bringing together all the maritime
information needed to manage the navigation
requirements of a whole fleet in one place.
It will save time by making the ordering of
the navigational products needed easier to
keep vessels compliant and reduce the cost of
navigation. For example, it will help select the
most cost effective mix of electronic and
paper charts each for each vessel to sail
anywhere in the world. A user will only
purchase charts when needed and for the
length of time needed.
The system will also enable a fleet manager
to improve standards and reduce PSC
inspections by giving a real time, accurate
view of the holdings and correction status of
all Admiralty products on board for every ship
managed.
Admiralty products can be ordered easily
from the preferred Admiralty distributor and
permits downloaded for Admiralty digital
charts and publications in real-time on board,
or ashore any time, day or night.
e-Navigation functions
Display advance notification of
navigationally significant changes through
Admiralty Information Overlay.
View licensed ENCs, ARCS charts, tidal
information from TotalTide.
View third party applications such as
Maris Weather Manager, Lloyds
Register Fairplay World Ports guide and
DNV Navigator.
Update via ChartCo broadcast service, as
well as standard email and internet.
Use in conjunction with third party paper
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TANKEROperator November/December 2009