CARISBROOKE REAPS TIME AND MONEY BENEFITS FROM ECDIS

摘要

Carisbrooke Shipping has been proactive in progressing an ecdis implementation strategy to cover the majority of its dry cargo fleet, to reap the benefits of safe navigation and faster passage planning. Around 38 ships in its fleet of 46 have Transas ecdis on board despite none of the vessels needing to meet IMO Solas mandatory carriage requirements. According to fleet technical director Martin Henry, Carisbrooke has been working with Transas to deploy a dual-ecdis system across the fleet. "We wanted to have ecdis available on our vessels, from the newbuilding stage," he explained. "To ensure that we would always get the same equipment for each vessel we decided to make the ecdis units 'owners supply' and not allow shipyards to offer this. We opted for Transas as our supplier, having good experience of the company with regard to ease of operation, reliability and quality of service."