Monitoring and advisory system
OCTOPUS-Onboard is a state-of-the-art modular decision support system for ships and other floating structures. World-leading shipping companies have used OCTOPUS-Onboard since 2003 for route planning and optimization of speed, heading and fuel consumption in every weather condition.
OCTOPUS-Onboard combines wave measurements, weather forecasts, and navigation data like speed, course, RPM and the voyage plan, with ship characteristics, loading conditions, and motion sensor measurements. This facilitates continuous monitoring as well as simulation and forecasting of the ship responses and performance. Warnings can be instigated for possible hazards and their consequences. As a result, OCTOPUS-Onboard makes the main tasks of the officer on watch easier, by giving support for safe and economic navigation, damage avoidance and route planning.
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Additional OCTOPUS-Onboard modules!
OCTOPUS-TMS (Transport Monitoring System)
OCTOPUS-TMS provides cost efficient flexible solutions for accurate measurement of motions and accelerations on specific points on the vessel.
One-sensor OCTOPUS-TMS measures the roll and pitch angle and period. This setup is widely used to identify the risk of parametric roll in an early stage.
The second option is the 3-sensor OCTOPUS-TMS that provides virtual measurement of motions, velocities and accelerations in any thinkable location on the vessel, such as CoG of the cargo or a high point in a crane boom tip. In addition to this, additional sensors can be placed on the cargo to measure the cargo motions.
OCTOPUS-Fuel
OCTOPUS-Fuel enables monitoring the effect on the fuel consumption of a change of speed, heading or trim.
By comparing monitoring results over longer periods, the hull and propeller efficiency can be determined, giving insight in the added resistance to determine the best moment for cleaning and/or recoating of the hull.
OCTOPUS-Fuel can forecast and give advice for actual as well as for simulated situations.
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