How Can Weather and ETA Optimized Routing Influence Ship’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) Rating?
Environmental regulations are constantly changing and evolving. For example, with new regulations in the maritime industry coming into effect in 2023, it is more essential than ever before for shipping companies to reevaluate and examine their environmental impact and make the needed changes to be as green as possible.
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What is weather routing, who uses it, and how effective can it be?
Normal weather routing would typically involve deciding on the shortest possible distance between the point of departure and the destination. For that route to be the optimum or most efficient route, however, you also need to consider many data points, including environmental factors such as wind speed, currents, and wave height.
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Report Identifies the Top Drivers for Digitalization in the Shipping Industry
As the shipping industry navigates its digitalization journey, key drivers and challenges have emerged. From climate to decarbonization, explore the details uncovered in our informative new industry report.
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How IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) ratings impact shipping
The international shipping industry has turned its focus to reducing the carbon emissions of cargo ships. In fact, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has plans to reduce them by as much as 70% by the year 2050 (with the 2008 levels as a baseline).
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Shipping Companies Deem Weather Data Essential, but Digitalization is Vital to Their Journey
As climate change challenges the shipping industry, weather data plays a critical role in everything from safety to fuel cost control. However, not everyone is advancing their digitization journey at the same speed.
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How Does the Anti-icing System Work in Aircraft?
When that dreaded ice begins to form on your airplane’s wings or rotor blades, gets ingested into engine inlets, or starts to affect measuring instruments such as your pitot tube, this spells danger for a pilot. For this reason, understanding how the various types of anti-icing systems in aircraft function is very important.
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How can I decrease weather risk on a future project?
Knowing how to plan and execute your offshore operations means having accurate and reliable weather intelligence. First, this article will discuss the types of severe weather that face offshore assets. Then, we will analyze how they affect your operations, and how you can mitigate your risk using weather intelligence and DTN’s Metocean Services.
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How Can I Protect My Vessels and Personnel From Surprise/Freak Weather Events?
To steer clear of hurricanes and other tropical storms, get ahead of the weather with DTN Severe & Tropical Weather Suite. Protect your vessels and personnel using this 24/7 global monitoring system. It includes a seven-day forecast summary twice a day regarding active tropical systems; as well as development potential, movements, and defined tracks for tropical waves.
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