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Oceanroutes Helps Steer Vessels To Safety In Inclement Weather

Provisions for the routing of contain- erships servicing the Trans-Atlantic and

Trans-Pacific trades — specifically Ori- ent Overseas Container Line (OOCL), have been implemented by WNI Ocean- routes. A leading transportation com- pany, OOCL utilizes all that WNI offers within its services and products hub:

Optimum Weather Routing, ORION for onboard guidance and the POLARIS fleet management system. "Together, Optimum Weather Routing and ORION help us maintain schedule and integrity and minimize weather risks," said Alfred H.Y. Cheung, man- ager Nautical Advisory & Safety Audit

Section for OOCL's Ship Management

Department. Proven as an imperative tool for schedule and safety manage- ment, POLARIS has helped OOCL by furthering its already effective manage- ment style and high-tech image.

POLARIS grants an overview of a ves- sel's revised position in addition to its weather patterns.

In addressing the needs of ship opera- tors based in the choppy North Sea,

Oceanroutes meets their concerns with the development of its first PC-based

Offshore Weather System. Established in 1985, the program is touted as great- ly improving in the presentation of off- shore weather. Oceanroutes newest project in this field is SATURN — building on the positive feedback of its first satellite system. Powered by any new-generation PC, SATURN height- tion of the model to various conditions, such as a loading configuration, a dam- age situation, conditions involving out- side forces, wind or high speed turning momentum. The program can be used to obtain hull form characteristics and capacities.

New features for Autohydro 5 include a fixed weight dialog with ability to define distributed weights; user-defin- able report format; capability to evalu- ate dynamic criteria; and user control over position of section displayed in body view.

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EPA Refrigerant Reg

Software Released

In an attempt to raise awareness of

EPA regulations and enforcements,

Environmental Support Solutions of

Mesa, Ariz., has released the latest ver- sion of its refrigerant regulations com- pliance and management program,

Refrigerant Compliance Manager 99.

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August, 1999 51 ens both the presentation of offshore forecasts as well as the convenience of user interaction. User functions consist of chart animation, zoom and parame- ters. With the click of a computer mouse, SATURN's ability to sample the main offshore forecast parameters — particularly wind and wave, is activated.

Each map background is specifically tai- lored to each client's offshore forecast sites with data that can be printed out or saved to a file. SATURN can also be transferred to a corporate Intranet giving international operators the ability to access forecast data. The useful infor- mation is applied to rigs and/or plat- forms spread out from South America, up to Arctic Norway and the Tropical

Far East. SATURN is Y2K ready and expected to carry the presentation of off- shore weather forecasts into the next millennium.

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