Passage Planning Software News

The environmental products and services firm Total Marine Solutions (TMS) and NAVTOR are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), allowing for the integration of Ocean Guardian’s environmental rules into NAVTOR’s voyage planning software.It will also allow NAVTOR to offer Ocean Guardian’s environmental planning tool as a stand-alone system, said a press release.Developed by TMS, Ocean Guardian is a digital tool that provides shipboard operators with immediate access to environmental regulations around the world.Ocean Guardian removes the guesswork from environmental compliance, providing operators with immediate and accurate information on environmental regulations pertaining to a specific location.

Jargoon announced that a new interface to AIS Hub has been added to their Seall Passage Planner (SPP). The passage planning software which was launched in November 2013, provides Automatic Identification System (AIS) by using the SPP Virtual AIS Radar. This feature allows the mariner to quickly access the vessel traffic in any areas within the coverage of the Hub’s traffic tracking service, and display the collated data to the mariner during passage planning. A simple mouse click…