Masters Win When Artificial and Human Intelligence Are Combined for Routing

With so many of today's shipping operations automated, there is a tendency to take what the computer states as the absolute truth. But a computer is only as reliable as the data it's fed. This is especially true for vessels at sea because of the limitations to sending and receiving data in remote locations. Masters, under pressure to meet what is often a critical Required Time of Arrival (RTA), benefit most from a combination of computer output (specifically, the onboard software NaviPlanner BVS) and the advice of StormGeo's shore-based Route Analyst experts. Located in the UK and the on the East and West Coasts of the U.S., these Route Analysts have access to a plethora of data unavailable onboard, which makes their advice invaluable.