Navtor Works on Simplified ENC Distribution Newly-established
e-navigation company, Navtor, Norway, has signed a distribution
agreement with Primar for the supply of official electronic charts
(ENC) for the global professional maritime market. Navtor is a part
of the Stavanger-based company, Smedvig. Navtor Marketing &
Communications manager, Willy Zeiler, announces their ENC service
in the first quarter of 2012.
The company aims to simplify ordering, licensing, updating and,
importantly, administration of the ENC chart portfolio. Up to now,
the company sees that the market has been slow to begin using ENC,
primarily due to today's cumbersome solutions.
As carriage requirements for ENCs move towards an official IMO
mandate, Smedvig saw the opportunity to establish an e-navigation
company to provide electronic navigation services for the
distribution and updating of electronic charts and related maritime
information. In Egersund, a coastal town south of Stavanger well
known for its maritime electronic industry, Smedvig established
NAVTOR together with experienced personnel from the maritime
industry, all with extensive experience in electronic chart
production and distribution.
The ECDIS will be the central navigation console aboard ships
once the IMO mandate comes into force from July 2012. ECDIS
manufacturers, data and information providers will meet the growing
demand from the maritime industry and NAVTOR will join forces with
these players to jointly develop and supply a fully automated
cost-effective, user-friendly electronic maritime navigation
services.
(Source: www.navtor.no)
