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NEW TECH ? SMM 2018

DIGITAL TOOL BRINGS SIMPLICITY AND WORKFLOW

EFFICIENCIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

SMM 2018 Preview

Regulations are input to the database by maritime

By Alexandra Anagnostis-Irons, President, professionals and are vetted by a third-party maritime law

Total Marine Solutions ? rm before being activated. International, national, regional

Environmental compliance can be a great challenge at and port information is included in the database. The sea. With thousands of international, national, regional, system also allows companies to input company policies port and company regulations involved in environmental and regulations for discharge of waste streams. By removing compliance, staying current with regulations is time the need for referencing numerous manuals and printed consuming and dif? cult. Enhanced attention by regulators updates, Ocean Guardian signi? cantly improves work? ow has brought severe penalties and ? nes on maritime ef? ciencies onboard, allowing crew to spend time on other companies in the last several years. As an environmental tasks. The enhanced ef? ciency bene? ts of Ocean Guardian compliance solutions company, our clients have been asking improve communication for decisionmaking, leading to for a tool to make compliance simpler and more ef? cient better outcomes and safer vessels.

onboard. Recognizing that the marketplace lacked a tool comprehensive enough to handle the complexities of the Customer service is always a top concern with digital tools global regulatory environment, Total Marine Solutions being used in challenging environments. Like our traditional collaborated with Brenock to build Ocean Guardian. line of business, Total Marine Solutions is committed to client satisfaction. We beta tested the tool aboard numerous

Ocean Guardian uses a vessel’s GPS position and matches types of commercial and training vessels around the it to a comprehensive, proprietary global database to provide world, giving our developers insight into how operators immediate access to applicable regulations anywhere in would interact with the tool. Their feedback enhanced the

Alexandra Anagnostis-Irons is founder and president the world. A simple red, yellow and green system allows user interface and experience for our second release, and of Total Marine Solutions, an environmental products operators to immediately understand which waste streams continual user feedback will enhance future versions.

and services company. She started her shipping career in are permissible to discharge, while click-of-a-button access the cruise sector and spent 16 years serving in various to actual regulations provides additional details, guidance Simpli? ed compliance bene? ts operators, owners and our executive roles within marine & technical operations and insight when necessary. Voyage planning capabilities global marine environment. That’s a win for everyone.

before founding TMS in 2000. Ms. Anagnostis-Irons is allow vessels to quickly and easily plan for discharge when immediate past president of WISTA USA.

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