Voyage management

software in the e-
Navigation format
Mike Bailey. Navigation Solutions Development
Manager

8 May 2014
About me

• Age 16: Went to sea as a Deck Trainee with Texaco Overseas Tankships Ltd

• Age 29: Achieved Unlimited Master Mariner Cert of Competency at, and

• Age 32: First sailed as Master serving on Crude and Product / Chemical Tankers.

• 2005: Marine safety superintendent / alternative Company Security Officer with Northern Marine

• 2007: Promoted to Ship Manager managing a fleet of IMO Type 2 Chemical / Product Tankers

• 2010: Joined TGNS

• Today: Navigation Solutions Development Manager for GNS

Voyage management software for e-Navigation

• Using e-Navigation onboard

• e-Navigation to enhance voyage planning
• e-Navigation next steps
ENC + ECDIS = e-Navigation?
e-navigation as defined by
IMO
The harmonized collection, integration,
exchange, presentation and analysis of
marine information onboard and ashore by
electronic means to enhance berth to berth
navigation and related services for safety and
security at sea and protection of the marine
environment.
ECDIS for e-Navigation?

• Type approval
• ECDIS security
• Restricted user control
• Wide variety of makes and models across a fleet
Managing e-Navigation
Front of bridge
Import route Front of bridge for voyage execution
Berth to berth
Voyage execution Sband Radar Xband Radar

Main ECDIS
Back up ECDIS

Chart Comms
table

Back of bridge
Collection
Planning Station Integration
Presentation
Analysis
Back of bridge for passage planning
Export route
Nautical products already
available in digital format
include:
Admiralty Tide Tables and Tidal
Stream Atlases, Admiralty Sailing
Directions, Admiralty Radio
Signals, Admiralty List of Lights,
Admiralty Standard Navigational
Charts, IMO Bookshelf and Virtual
Publications, Witherby
Seamanships Library, Regs4Ships
Digital Maritime Regulations and
Flag State legislation, etc etc
Voyage optimisation
Voyage optimisation
Voyage optimisation
Voyage optimisation
Passage Planning
including checklist tools

• Assists the navigator in

maintaining compliance with
safety management requirements
• Reduces the need to enter data in
to multiple spreadsheets or
workbooks
• Provides a foundation for future
Passage Planning tools
Integrated route planning

• GIS map interface provides a

graphical view of all charts and
publications in our extensive
product range
• Cross reference what’s available
with what the vessel already has
on board to speed up
purchasing and prevent
unnecessary duplication
• Integrated shopping basket tool
makes it simple to get access to
products as you need them
What next?

A key focus is exchange of

information between ship and
shore to better support the ship
management role
In summary

• e-navigation includes ECDIS but doesn’t stop there

• The back of bridge environment enables you to get more
from e-Navigation
• e-navigation is fulfilling some of its promise already today
• There is a lot more to come, and its happening faster than
you might think.
Mike Bailey
Navigation Solutions
Development Manager
mike.bailey@g-n-s.com
www.globalnavigationsolutions.com