Posted - August 1, 2012 - By Applied Weather Technology, Inc. - Sacramento Bee / PR Newswire
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 1, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Weather Technology,
Inc. (AWT), today announced its BVS onboard software provides Emission
Control Areas (ECAs) and calculation tools to evaluate the most cost
effective voyage track.
Using the latest version of BVS, captains manage their voyage track
by displaying ECA zones and making them "no-go" areas. By doing this,
they can see their voyage track outside and inside the ECA zones. Simply
moving waypoints in BVS allows captains to visualize the impact of time
in the ECA zone and compare it to the overall effect of time en route.
The result is that the captain has the information to sail the optimal
route.
"With BVS's ECA zone calculation tools, captains can make informed
decisions about how much time to sail inside or outside these zones,"
said Rich Brown, vice president of product management, AWT. "Our goal is
to give captains and ship operators the data they need to manage voyage
costs while complying with IMO regulations."
On August 1, 2012,
North America Emissions Control Area (ECA) zones become enforceable. The
regulation is part of Annex VI to the MARPOL Convention titled "Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships".
The regulation dictates that the ECA Zones extend up to 200 nautical
miles (NM) from coasts of the United States and Canada, including a
portion of the Hawaiian Islands.
In the ECA Zones, ships are required to burn fuel with sulfur content
not exceeding 1.00%. Notable exceptions to this area are the Aleutian
Islands and Arctic waters of North America.
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