ONBOARD Magazine winter 2019

ADVERTORIAL
CHART
TOPPER
Keeping on top of
navigation and compliance,
Chris Warde, ChartCo’s
Head of Superyachts,
explains how the new
ChartCo OneOcean
platform can make a big
difference to navigation
officers and captains
Regulatory requirements
continue to escalate year
on year, and with them,
the time demands on
captains and navigation
officers, but ChartCo has
introduced a revolutionary
new platform to help crews deal with this
ever-increasing volume, quickly and efficiently.
We now provide a comprehensive service
to manage all navigation and regulatory
responsibilities through a single, integrated
resource called ChartCo OneOcean. This
means you spend less time on admin, allowing
you to focus on providing the best possible
service for owners and guests.
OneOcean encompasses the entire suite of
ChartCo’s navigation, compliance and shoreside
monitoring applications: PassageManager,
Regs4yachts and FleetManager in order to
offer the highest levels of route planning,
navigation management, shoreside operations
and maritime regulations management.
Through OneOcean, the time-consuming
task of maintaining your vessel’s navigation
outfit is managed quickly and efficiently by
automating a wide range of weekly tasks,
such as digital updates, as well giving clear
indications of when and where action is
required. In addition to automatically
updating digital products, the powerful
route planning functionality notifies the
user of chart updates and omissions in
the yacht’s navigation suite.
Missing products can be ordered directly
from the platform, saving officers and crew
the time-consuming task of doing this
manually. Admiralty applications form an
integral part of OneOcean making it easy
for users to access them without having
to jump from one application to another.
This single platform has been designed to
be user-friendly, making it easier to learn
and eliminates the need to master multiple
software tools.
One aspect of significant interest to
superyacht Captains and Chief Officers,
is the integration of ChartCo’s new
weather module. Providing the most
accurate weather service available, it
allows bridge crew to view weather data
overlaid onto Electronic Navigation Charts
(ENCs). OneOcean weather calculates and
recalculates optimum routes and anticipates
oncoming weather and sea conditions to
enable yachts to safely navigate the globe
with minimal fuel consumption and emissions.
A range of optimised
routes can be reviewed
side-by-side to make the
best possible decision
Effectively, Captains can see in advance a
comprehensive weather forecast for the
entire passage, from origin to destination.
With a range of configurable weather profiles,
yachts can set the different parameters for
different conditions, guests on, or guests
off for example.
What sets OneOcean weather apart is,
because it is integrated, the best route can
be achieved according to specific needs, such
as the best arrival time or the avoidance
of specific weather parameters. A range of
optimised routes can be reviewed side-byside
to make the best possible decision on
which route to take and the entire route
forecast can be viewed without having to
export the route to another application.
With the future likely to bring further
environmental controls and requirements
for the superyacht industry, ChartCo’s
EnviroManager application is another
valuable tool to help ensure worldwide
environmental compliance. EnviroManager,
developed to meet the environmental shipping
regulations set by the IMO under its MARPOL
convention, consolidates international
regulations and local regulations, drastically
reducing the risk of errors which can occur
when calculating distances from shore.
With reputations, not to mention charter
revenues at stake, yachts cannot afford
to be caught out by, at times, confusing
environmental regulations.
Having listened carefully to advice from crews
about how to improve our service before
developing OneOcean, we are proud of what
we have achieved. The powerful OneOcean
platform makes life simpler for crew with
the ability to access a complete range of
navigation and compliance modules, all in
one place. Our dedicated superyacht team
spends time really getting to know each
boat’s requirements, so we can deliver a
high-quality, personalised service, tailored
to specific needs and backed up by expert
ChartCo support, available 24/7.
For more details
Tel: +44 (0)23 8071 4300
or visit www.chartco.com
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