A MAJOR Far East-based port authority is closely studying the feasibility of adopting Sea Information Systems (SIS) Microplot - a personal-computer (PC) based integrated navigation system.
According to SIS, besides the system's vessel tracking feature, it was cost effective and also easy to use.
''The idea of PC-based navigation system is now being accepted more by the marine industry, an industry not noted for radical changes,'' said managing director of SIS Tony Cochrane-Barnett.
SIS claims its Microplot navigation system had been proven in the harsh environments of the fishing, dredging and offshore oil industries.
Fishing information from existing plotting systems can be transferred to Microplot format.
The company says to simplify the navigator's task, Microplot had extensive voyage planning facilities, way-point navigation tools, DR plotting and dual tracking.