How does the Electronic Chart Display and Information System help ships to navigate more according to the business requirements and profit?
Maritronics explains 6 points briefly to understand more about ECDIS.
1. Increased Time Utility
ECDIS helps to bring in active remote maintenance. The use of advanced sensors and remote monitoring helps to identify issues more precisely which can yield better results in a short period of time.
Software-related concerns are the most which don't need an engineer onboard to fix, they can be fixed remotely by updating or running a patch. It helps in saving cost and is much quicker.
A connected ECDIS improves uptime considerably by fixing the problems quicker and cheaper through remote communication. On the other hand, the process-driven design, enabled via connectivity helps reduce process-related questions, which are the primary cause of most problems.
2. Efficiency Rate
Staying connected with the cloud provides the ship with all necessary information like ship’s health, nautical miles and weather forecasting. The data can be easily downloaded anytime for study or further planning.
ECDIS enables routes to be automatically selected based on navigational charts and data taking into account ship-specific global sailing patterns. Conventional methods always had to invest 4–5 hours for voyage planning but with ECDIS, it hardly takes 45 minutes.
3. Security and Safety
When you are connected to the cloud or internet and make communication channels through them, there is a high risk of data getting compromised.
Security Measures
Augmenting the navigation system with the most appropriate measures that include a security-compliant cloud platform, VPN, business and private network segmentation and data security validation are done today.
Some companies provide dedicated private networks that are encrypted thus removing all kinds of vulnerabilities.
4. Data Collection
Data sharing is done between the shore and the ship. This allows shipping companies to monitor their ship in a real-time scene.
Whereas many systems are available today that record data and send it ashore, the difference lies in the integration with the ECDIS. With the data of the ECDIS, the data provided ashore is the most relevant information for vessel safety and performance.
The data received can be used for vessel monitoring, voyage analysis and daily reporting.
5. Voyage Analysis
Nautical analysis helps to improve a vessel’s performance and safety. Analysis of the data allows for the recording of the voyage, allowing for improved training of officers and crew.
Past voyages can also be analyzed, and information gathered to improve operations and help in serving the machinery in a more effective way.
When a vessel stays out of the safety zone for a while one at shore will get a notification which can be used to make better safety plans.
6. Better Marine Ecosystem
The ECDIS allows constant connectivity with the port which helps ships to anchor and leave in the best time creating full potential for saving.
Port operations can change anytime and a direct link with the ships, they will be able to receive information regarding time of arrival etc. This allows the vessel to adjust the voyage by reducing the speed, thus saving fuel and emissions.
Conclusion
This points the advantage of having ECDIS onboard, it enables better fleet performance and voyage planning via better speed management, route optimization and can also be effective in just-in-time port arrivals.
Its ability to collect and share data on a real-time basis helps generate real-time feedback which directly improves performance.
The system allows shipping companies and operators to optimize the performance of their fleet, yielding greater efficiency and gain more business.
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