Following comprehensive trials, Det Norske Veritas (DNV, Norway)
has approved ChartWorld (Germany)'s "Pay as You Sail" (PAYS)
service to PRIMAR RENC guidelines. The service, which does not
require any additional hardware onboard, makes use of the
navigation and communications infrastructure that is already
installed on most SOLAS vessels, combined with the established
FleetTracker service from Jan Herberg Engineering, to meet PRIMAR
tracking and reporting requirements for PAYS. The new service will
be officially launched in the first quarter of 2012.
ChartWorld took on the challenge that, with all the existing,
redundant navigation and communication systems that the average
SOLAS vessel already has onboard, it had to be possible to create a
reliable service that took advantage of a vessel's existing
investment and capability. Working with a trial customer the goal
could be achieved.
The new service will be officially launched in the first quarter
of 2012. However, the service will be available on a request basis
between now and its official launch. www.chartworld.com/
(Source: ChartWorld)
