Voyage planning
Know what a voyage needs before the vessel sails
Plan the route port by port, with the days at each port, the canals and straits it takes, and the fuel and fresh water it needs. Then follow the voyage against its plan as the noon reports come in.
The route, leg by leg
Planned the way an operator plans a voyage: the ports in order, how long the vessel stays at each, and how it sails between them.
Itinerary
Ports, port days and passages
Add the ports and waypoints in order. The route is worked out along the sea, with each leg's distance, time at sea and arrival.
- Days at each port, the start port included, and what the vessel does there: loading, discharging, bunkering, waiting at anchor
- The canals and straits the route goes through, and any you choose to keep it out of
- Departure in the port's local time, and every arrival worked out from it
- Laden or ballast, and a speed, for each leg
Fuel and fresh water
Enough fuel and water for the whole route
Each leg's fuel per day comes from the vessel's own noon reports at that speed and condition, from the charter party, or from a figure you enter. The plan sets it against what is on board.
- ROB at departure from the latest report, bunkers by tank, and what is left at the end, grade by grade
- Where the vessel would run short, by leg or by port, so bunkering is planned in time
- Miles inside emission control areas, with the changeover to low-sulphur fuel worked into each leg
- Fresh water needed against what is on board, from the vessel's reported use a day
The plan against the voyage
Once the vessel sails, the plan saved at departure stays as the yardstick, even if the voyage is re-planned under way.
Planned vs actual
See where the voyage left its plan
As the noon reports come in, each leg's distance, time at sea, speed and fuel sit beside the plan, and the arrival shows as on time, early or late.
- Fuel by leg and by grade, at sea and in port
- Fresh water by leg
- Days at Beaufort 4 and above, to read the weather into the figures
- Every voyage of a period against its plan, in Analytics
Questions owners ask
Can the Master plan a voyage on board?
Yes. The tablet has its own voyage planner, and it works offline. The Master drafts the itinerary there, and the route is worked out ashore once the draft syncs.
Where do the fuel figures come from?
From the vessel's noon reports at the leg's speed and condition, when there are enough of them. Otherwise from the charter party, or from a figure you enter. Each leg shows which one it used.
Can the route be used for navigation?
No. The distances are for planning and are checked against official distance tables. Navigation stays with the vessel's charts and passage plan.
Can we keep a route and use it again?
Yes. Routes are saved for each vessel. Open one later, change it, or create a voyage from it.
What if the voyage is re-planned under way?
The plan saved at departure stays the baseline, and the comparison shows by how many miles and tonnes the voyage was re-planned.
Also on the platform
Where this connects
Fuel and emissions
Bunkerings with their BDN details, fuel on board tank by tank, consumption by machine and the vessel's CII through the year.
See this areaOnboard reporting
The bridge and engine room file their reports on a tablet that works offline; the office reads them the moment they land.
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Every vessel on one map with its AIS position, voyage, latest report and the alerts that need someone today.
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