OCTOPUS meets CMA-CGM newbuilding needs.
" French shipping group CMA-CGM has placed the order for 34 OCTOPUS-Onboard systems for its larger containgerships, whose primary purpose will be to warn against resonance.
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CMA CGM Magazine nr.32 writes:
"The new software package christened "OCTOPUS", to make vessels safer."
" When seas are very confused, large containerships that carry over 4,000-teu may roll violently from side to side, and this can potentially endanger their cargo (head-sea parametric rolling). In order to come to grips with this phenomenon, CMA CGM Group has introduced a new software package christened "Octopus" to make vessels safer. Octopus measures continually roll and pitch angles. This warns the ship’s master of possible parametric roll risks, enabling him to change course or speed, to steer clear of "critical conditions". This is a decisionsupport tool designed for the mid term that allows the master to analyse the course taken and helps him pick the safest and quickest route. All new CMA CGM 5,000-teu ships are equipped with the Octopus system. Should it prove satisfactory, it is envisioned to extend it to all directly operated vessels... "
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Easeacon and Octopus work together for CMA CGM
For CMA CGM the Octopus system uses the ship data produced by Easeacon to complete the picture of the ship's status.
Fairplay Solutions writes:
"Integration with OCTOPUS
Dutch company Amarcon’s OCTOPUS software is an example of the most sophisticated modern systems. It comprises a suite of onboard modules for monitoring, route planning, evaluation and optimisation and decision support. OCTOPUS combines information obtained from weather forecasts, measured wave conditions, the ship’s loading conditions, speed, course and route to allow continuous monitoring of ship responses, possible hazards and their consequences. Since OCTOPUS interfaces with many other onboard systems such as measurement units, GPS systems, loading computers and radars, it provides a complete overview of the status of the vessel. The system is not aimed at replacing other makers’ programs, be they weather routeing, loading computers or stress monitoring, but rather integrates them in a way that can display the status of the vessel and events likely to change its condition at any time. Controlling stability for an intact ship is one thing, but when the ship has suffered damage many other factors come into play. Some software is able to calculate the best action to be taken to improve a damaged ship’s status and can display the effects of action contemplated by the ship’s officers before they carry it out."
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