Maersk Line has signed a deal with weather forecaster MeteoGroup to equip 140 container vessels with its advanced motion software SPOS Seakeeping.
Combined with ABB’s Octopus motion-forecasting product, the Seakeeping module will allow captains to avoid routes where the ship’s motion thresholds are likely to be exceeded.
The combined service allows for more advanced and accurate route planning and an early response to adverse conditions when they are forecast, said MeteoGroup.
The collaboration will include advanced 3D modelling to calculate motions indicating a vessel’s likely response to weather conditions.
MeteoGroup’s marine director Mark White, said: “Maersk are long time users of MeteoGroup’s SPOS (Ship Performance Optimisation System) and we are delighted they have chosen to work with us and ABB in implementing SPOS Seakeeping across their vessels.”