AtoBviaC offers shipboard software with route changes to evade pirates

2012 04 12


BRISTOL based maritime software developer AtoBviaC, has introduced an anti-piracy route device in the BP Shipping Marine Distance Tables, reports Digital Ship.

The anti-piracy route system is based upon information on pirate activity obtained on a regular basis from Joint War Committee bulletins, and from specific route requested by ship operators.

All routes calculated are navigable, taking account of the need to keep suitable distances off shoals, wrecks, coasts and obstructions, and also avoid oil field development areas.

The routes are reviewed weekly and updates are issued at two-monthly intervals, or more frequently if significant changes need to be made.

"Anti-Piracy Control allows ship operators to make informed decisions on voyages which may need to avoid piracy areas," said AtoBviaC director and master mariner Trevor Hall.

"With the amount of uncertainty in the industry and the depressed freight rates being experienced, the implication of avoiding piracy has to be carefully measured," said Capt Hall.

"The AtoBviaC tool enables the ship operator to select routes based on the most current intelligence, and accurately calculate the time and fuel implications of the voyage," he said. "In many cases this can work out to be considerably more accurate than the other available options and provides a level of self-determination that is missing from other solutions."

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
 

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