UAE Business: Navtor rewrites e-navigation with auto-routeing innovation – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Navtor rewrites e-navigation with auto-routeing innovation – Gulf Digital News

Maritime technology company Navtor has launched what it believes to be a ‘transformational tool’ for navigators, with the introduction of an advanced auto-routeing module to its NavStation digital chart table.

This allows bridge officers, for the first time, to be able to calculate routes in a matter of seconds, and not just from port to port, but from ‘point to point’. The detailed routes, which can be refined for the exact needs of the vessels and voyages, are instantly available and can be seamlessly updated, compared and shared.

Johan Stensaker, Nautical Advisor, Navtor, says the development ‘hits a home run’ for today’s busy navigators.

Meeting demand

“This is something that has been on the industry ‘wish-list’ for years… in fact we’ve been thinking about and developing this concept for almost a decade,” he reveals. “It is the first maritime auto-routeing application with this level of user-friendly functionality. It not only slashes the burden of administration, automating time-consuming tasks, but also allows navigators to easily pinpoint exact locations – of their vessels and the berths they want to reach – and block specific passages, port entries or straits as desired.

“Everything is done with just a few clicks, in a matter of seconds, with all the