Amarcon and Maris join forces in Voyage Decision Support systems

At the SMM in Hamburg this week Amarcon and Maris signed an agreement on the joint development, marketing and sales of the VDS system as currently under development at MARIS. The MARIS VDS is an electronic tool based on MARIS ECDIS designed to plan and execute the voyage, and to document and analyze the result.

Amarcon is well-known in the maritime industry for their OCTOPUS technology, a suite of hardware and software products that form a unique combination for improving safety/efficiency and cutting down costs in voyage execution and marine operation. Now Amarcon will become the OEM partner of MARIS for supplying the seakeeping module within the MARIS VDS system, based on the OCTOPUS technology. The integration of OCTOPUS technology within the VDS system has huge benefits for its consumer. Amarcon’s state of the art build-in expertise about ‘how do ships behave in waves’, and the digital navigation charts from Maris will now be available in one complete and user-friendly system.

The integration of OCTOPUS within VDS will result in a system that gives you the best of both worlds: spot on navigation and precise decision support. Furthermore, in 2012 it will be required for all SOLAS vessels to use a certified and digital electronic navigation chart. Anticipating on these developments, shipping companies can make sure that their navigation system meets the required future legal standards, whilst benefiting from the specific decision support that the integrated OCTOPUS software has to offer.