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Integrated management system for 680 NYK vessels
(Jan  29  2010)

Weathernews and NYK have implemented a new integrated operation management system called 'NYK e-missions’ which has now been activated on around 680 NYK vessels, approximately 90 per cent of NYK Group’s 779-strong operating fleet.

NYK e-missions, (from Environmental Management Infrastructure with Safety and Security Information in Seamless) is used to manage information on vessel position and surrounding weather and sea conditions.

The system is being used by moored NYK vessels as well as those in transit.

Before the activation of this new technology, NYK operators used multiple systems to track position and acquire data on weather and sea state. The new set-up will now allow them obtain all of this required information from a single, integrated source.

Through full-time monitoring of the position of all group operating vessels, NYK e-missions can display potential risks they may encounter, based on forecasts of weather and sea conditions at harbours and along courses being sailed.

Relevant parties at sea and on land can monitor and share additional risk information, such as notice of the presence of heavy weather conditions. The company says that this will help its operators to take prompt action as required, according to the situation.

The system features full-time constant monitoring of all NYK operating vessels equipped with the system, and central management of all necessary information on weather and sea conditions over the next 10 days (such as waves, tidal currents, wind direction, atmospheric pressure, typhoons, etc).

The software can also be customised to notify vessels when they get close to or are entering specific sea areas.

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