GNS, the maritime innovation firm, released VFI Plus, an effective brand-new expansion to its Voyager FLEET UNDERSTANDING (VFI) internet solution and also, at the very same time, revealed that it will certainly be making the solution offered absolutely free throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to sustain delivery business with remote-working or office-based groups with boosted needs for quick accessibility to approximately day info.
VFI Plus is one of the most sophisticated internet device GNS has actually ever before placed in the hands of its consumers; making it possible for vessels to be from another location handled and also kept track of from coast in methods never ever prior to feasible online on a solitary system.
One of the obstacles for remote-working groups is not having accessibility to information promptly sufficient. In enhancement, the COVID-19 infection is producing distinct collection of functional obstacles that need much better accessibility to info concerning vessel places and also their marine atmosphere.
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Designed to place even more info in the hands of shore-based ship monitoring and also boost functional oversight and also vessel safety and security, GNS’s brand-new VFI Plus solution includes the capability to watch real-time vessel settings on C-MAP graphes, overlay existing and also projection weather, present MARPOL areas and also watch all neighboring vessels within a user-defined range. As an outcome of GNS’s partnership with maritime safety and security professionals Risk Intelligence, VFI Plus additionally presents the capability for customers to watch the current maritime safety and security problems worldwide, along with the choice to additionally access costs thorough seaborne and also port-related danger info.
“We want to help those who are involved in managing shipping activities during this unprecedented period to do their jobs as effectively as possible, with the ability to view both up-to-date vessel positions overlaid on charts, maritime weather, maritime security and MARPOL,” claimed Kent Lee, Chief Executive Officer, GNSLtd “VFI Plus is the ideal service to help customers during these challenging times that will enable better operational oversight, enhanced collaboration between vessel and shore that lead to more informed decision-making. In addition, the opportunity to also access official AVCS charts online, elevates the system further and makes this the most comprehensive set of vessel management features ever offered in a single web-based system.”
For delivery business that require the highest degree of functional safety and security and also danger monitoring, the capability to watch specifically the very same graph info as the vessels in their fleet are making use of for main navigating is progressively vital. VFI Plus is additionally among the initial internet solutions to use accessibility to the ADMIRALTY Vector Chart Service (AVCS) Online solution as a costs solution. This allows customers to present vessel settings along with various other info, consisting of weather condition and also MARPOL areas, on the UK Hydrographic Office’s main AVCS ENCs and also watch the ADMIRALTY Information Overlay.
For workers handling vessels in remote places, managing delivery events or exploring claimed governing infractions, VFI Plus’s distinct ‘go back in time’ center gives a very useful brand-new source. The attribute leverages GNS’s big maritime information possessions to allows customers to watch vessel settings for certain days and also times as much back as 2015 and also validate vessel’s historical settings, paths and also tasks in the context of various other neighboring craft, MARPOL locations and also various other vital functions of the marine atmosphere such as fish ranches and also submarine wires.
VFI Plus is offered absolutely free throughout the COVID-19 situation to all delivery business regardless of whether they buy navigational items from GNS or otherwise.
