A software suite of digital maritime navigation tools designed to enhance real time navigational awareness and improve steering efficiency, especially in areas of restricted maneuverability such as channels.

Course Predictions Reduce Over Steer, increasing speed and profit
The prediction is calculated in real time using data from GPS and Heading Sensors and can be used to reduce oversteer thereby increasing vessel speed and Ton Miles per day.

Pilots who can see the prediction can steer more efficiently.
The high speed replay image ( right ) shows how Over Steer produces lateral movement at the back of the tow. This lateral movement reduces the vessel's forward speed. Towboats spend approximately 75% of their time going upstream burning significant amounts of fuel. When the Prediction is used to reduce over steer the improvement in speed not only reduces the amount of fuel per ton mile, it also increases the total efficiency of the vessel. Vessel efficiency improvements between five and ten percent can be expected when pilots use the CEACT course prediction.

Improving Channel Network Efficiency™ with CEACT AIS features.
Pilots can now clearly see an approaching vessel from 10 to 15 miles away using the built in AIS features in CEACT. AIS Targets are presented with the vessel name and speed details next to the target symbol. A simple two mouse click feature allows pilots to determine the Channel Closest Point of Approach area or CCPA of an approaching vessel. The CCPA feature can improve Channel Network Efficiency™ because pilots can negotiate slight changes in speed from miles away, instead of coming to a complete stop.

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Choosing a GPS Heading Compass for your application.
This paper details GPS Heading Compass specifications, what they mean, and how to convert from one specification to another when comparing devices. An important look at accuracy probability and how these values can be used to determine the positional accuracy probability at the head of the tow or ship.

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