Nordics-based deal sees electronic navigation charts integrate risk planning

Navtor director of electronic navigation, Timo Essers, says integrating risk analysis was, until now, “a missing piece of the puzzle.”
Adding this layer of information in real time provides officers and shore staff with accurate up-to-date intelligence to reroute ships or plan safe and secure voyages.
“The dynamic nature of risk has never been more apparent,” said Mr Essers. “From conflict and ongoing geopolitical unrest, to piracy, narcotics, and people smuggling - in addition to increasing navigational jamming and spoofing - today’s shipping companies face a complex and ever-evolving threat landscape.”
For example, threat hotspots continue to be in the Gulf of Guinea, Red Sea, eastern Mediterranean, Malacca Strait and Black Sea.
“Navigators are, in many ways, on the front line here, and as such are under immense pressure,” said Mr Essers.
“How can they be expected to know exactly what is happening, where it is happening, assess a multitude of parameters, and ensure safe voyages?”
An answer is providing real-time risk intelligence to mariners on a specialised voyage planning station with alerts for security changes in areas around planned routes.
“Integrating that intelligence into NavStation provides huge value and enables safer and smarter navigation of a dynamic risk reality,” said Mr Esser.
This service will be available as a subscription offering on NavStation and can be tailored for ongoing global coverage or for specific operations on individual ships or across fleets.
Risk data appearing on NavStation is continuously updated, and can be assessed in detail to “unlock a new level of situational awareness,” said Mr Essers.
Risk Intelligence founder and chief executive Hans Tino Hansen said optimal analysis of security risks is required for safe voyages.
“Properly understanding maritime risk requires dedicated sources, resources, constant vigilance, and the ability to view individual issues through the lens of wider context and specialist analysis,” he said. “Bridge officers, or office-based teams, juggling multiple responsibilities simply cannot do this.”

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