'Pay as You Sail' Approval
2011-12-28 10:29:43 - Hydro International
Following comprehensive trials, Det Norske Veritas (DNV, Norway) has approved the German company ChartWorld's 'Pay as You Sail' (PAYS) service to PRIMAR RENC guidelines. The service, which does not require any additional hardware onboard, makes use of the navigation and communications infrastructure that is already installed on most SOLAS vessels, combined with the established FleetTracker service from Jan Herberg Engineering, to meet PRIMAR tracking and reporting requirements for PAYS. The new service will be officially launched in the first quarter of 2012.
ChartWorld took on the challenge that, with all the existing, redundant navigation and communication systems that the average SOLAS vessel already has onboard, it had to be possible to create a reliable service that took advantage of a vessel's existing investment and capability. Working with a trial customer, it was indeed able to achieve the goal.
The new service will be officially launched in the first quarter of 2012. However, the service will be available on a request basis between now and its official launch.
