Objective Full scale demonstration of hardware and software designed for merchant ship rooting in function of usual meteorological conditions. The systems provides the best speed and course instructions, according to weather forecast by satellite. This routing is aimed to minimize fuel oil consumption, keeping a strict respect of departure and arrival time and of some constraints linked to ship operation (power and speed limits, prohibited sailing zones...).The energy savings, on one year basis, is aimed to be about 4% of the total ship fuel-consumption (i.e. 635 TOE), per year, on FORT-SAINT-CHARLES for example. There savings are of course variable, according to encountered meteorological conditions, and Captain's usual experience.It is a routing system on board the ship and operated in real time by the Captain himself. By this way, the system takes in account psychological aspects, in order to be actually agreed and used on board the ships. That is a worldwide innovation, American Routing system being only shore routing. The validation test is proposed aboard "FORT-SAINT-CHARLES", container ship, operated on Europe, West Indies regular route, by an European owner's group. Programme(s) ENG-ENDEMO C - Programme (EEC) of demonstration projects and industrial pilot projects (EEC) in the energy field, 1985-1989 Topic(s) 3.5 - TRANSPORT Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme DEM - Demonstration contracts Coordinator COMPAGNIE GENERALE MARITIME (CGM) EU contribution No data Address TOUR WINTERTHUR 92085 Paris La Defense France See on map Total cost No data
