Overview

1. Vessel search

Search by either vessel name or IMO. Click a vessel from the list to select it

• Type to view a list of filtered vessels
• Displays partial matches or vessel names or IMOs

2. Side menu

Select content to display on the map

No.	Icon	Name	Description
a.		Layer menu	Select layers to display
b.		Legend	View symbol information for items displayed on the map
c.		Rolling risk inputs	Open the Rolling Risk Chart table to edit values

a. Layer menu

Select which layers are displayed on the map. Toggle all layers in a category On / Off with the "All" checkbox.

• Weather
• Basic
  • Wave: Wave Height
  • TC Prob: Tropical Cyclone Strike Probability
  • Cyclone: Cyclone Paths
  • Current: Ocean Currents
  • Ocean: Ocean Storm Info
  • Coastal: Coastal Storm Info
  • Pressure: Pressure Pattern (Isobars)
  • Wind: Wind
• Detail
  • Ice: Sea Ice Concentration
  • Visibility: Sea Visibility
  • Iceberg: Iceberg Density
• Grounding: 20m Water Depth Areas
• Navareas: Navigation Warning Areas (21 areas + ETC - other)
• Other
  • ECA: ECA (Emission Control Areas)
  • Load Line: Load line zones
  • Sea Markers: Various Nautical Chart-type markers -- lighthouses, approaches, etc. (Visible from zoom level 7 and up)
  • Company: Company Areas
  • Navtex: NAVTEX navigational warning areas for the 5 Japanese sea areas (updated hourly)
  • Graticule: Graticule grid
  • Piracy: Piracy Incidents
  • AIS Depth: Depth data around the current vessel position
  • Route Depth: Depth data along the Passageplan

b. Legend

View layer symbol data for toggled layers in "a" (Layer menu)

Legend	Sample
ECA
Sea Markers

c. Rolling risk inputs

Input vessel and weather parameters to view calculated Rolling Risk and visualization.

Values are input automatically when a vessel is selected.

Changing the input values and clicking "Update" updates the rolling rose chart (About the Rolling Rose Chart)

Risk level filter

Toggle vessel display On / Off by risk level (>99nm, High, Medium, Low)

Rolling rose

View Synchronous / Parametric Rolling risk based on vessel speed & size, and weather data (wind wave & swell).

The outer ring changes color based on the selected route type. (Passageplan, OSR)

Light / Dark mode

Time controller

Selecting a vessel with route data selects the simulation point nearest the current Time Controller time.

Switch to "by point" mode by checking the "by point" checkbox . In this mode, Time Controller time is set to the selected simulation point time.

Group settings site

Click the cog button to open the Group Settings Site.

Daily Summary Mail

Click the mail icon button to open the daily summary mail.

Guide site

Click the "?" button to open the Guide Site.

Distance calculator

Click on the map to generate waypoints with leg distance and bearing data.

Basemap selector

Switch basemaps and toggle Nautical Charts (Wärtsilä Voyage WMS Nautical Charts).

Globe projection

Toggle Globe Projection On / Off (Default: Off - Web Mercator).

Monitoring list

View vessel alert data

A Vessel label buttons

Toggle individual vessel labels on / off

B IMOs

Search & sort vessels by IMO functionality

C Vessel names

Search & sort vessels by name

D Passageplan status

Filter & sort by PP status. If the passageplan has been received, the datetime is displayed, otherwise the reason for its absence is displayed

E Route types

Select which route types are displayed on the map. The vessel counts are updated accordingly.

Learn about Route types in depth here

F Highest risk levels

View the highest risk level based on the selected alert types (Matches the map vessel colors). Click to select the vessel and display it's routes and alerts.

G Alert type risk levels

View, toggle, and sort based on individual alert types. (Sort) The vessel risk level counts are updated accordingly.

Learn about Alert types in depth here

H AIS latest time

View and sort by latest AIS timestamp

I AIS status

View and sort by AIS status

J Speed

View and sort by speed

K H (Heading)

View and sort by heading

L Lat & Lon

View Latitude and Longitude and toggle between DMS (Degrees, Minutes, Seconds) and Decimal displays

M Expand-row button

Expand the second row with additional info only visible when the screen is too small to fit all items

N Export button

Download table data - either all vessels, or only the vessels currently in the table (sorted).

Risk Communication Function

Create and manage multiple usernames, make comments (including editing, replying, and creating new comments), and read other users' comments made on a vessel.

There are 4 tabs in the side panel.

Heavy Rolling

Now Rolling rose is positioned in the side-panel.

Damage Risk Graphs

This tab displays graphs of damage risks for Passageplan and OSR routes, as well as a comparison between the max values of PassagePlan and OSR risks.

Comments

This tab is visible only when a vessel is selected. Users can manage usernames here, make comments (including editing, replying, and creating new comments), and read other users comments made on a vessel. Now users can tag other users by using '@' when creating new comments or replies.

a. Open Side panel by clicking on the side-panel button or click on any vessel.

b. Create an Username by clicking on "Create Username" and then input your desired username.

c. Select an Username by clicking on "Select Username".

d. Hide an Username by clicking on "Hide Usernames". After this you can choose usernames that you don't want to be shown on the select usernames list.

e. Delete an Username by clicking on "Delete Username". After this you can select a username that you want to delete.

f. To create a new comment type in the textbox at the bottom of the screen. To submit the comment either press enter or click on "COMMENT" button.

g. delete, edit or reply buttons are available for the comments created by you. For other user comments only reply button is available.

Notifications

Users can check notifications when they are tagged in comments.

Map Mode

Select the map mode from the map mode selector.

Monitoring Mode

Monitor vessel alerts via the monitoring list.

Route Edit Mode

Edit existing routes - creating up to five different edits - then select the best option to update the route and re-run the alert simulation.

Vessel Route Search

View vessels with editable routes. Select one to begin editing.

Add Session Button

Click the Add Session button (+) to the right of the download button to add a new route based off of the original route. (Up to five edits at a time)

Current Route Indicator

The current route is indicated by a gold ribbon icon. Once a route is selected, the ribbon shift to the selected route.

RTZ Import and Export

Import and export RTZ files to and from the route edit mode.

Import

Export

Edit Duplication

Duplicate an edit by clicking the duplicate button to the right of the edit name and clicking "Duplicate"

Waypoint Table

View, edit, and delete waypoints in the waypoint table at the bottom of the screen. On mobile, click the blue (+) to expand the row.The selected or hovered waypoint will be highlighted on the map. Click a waypoint on the map to select it in the table.

To delete a waypoint, select the waypoint with the radio button on the left, then click the red (x) above the radio buttons.

Edit Route Name

Click the edit name to update it. Hit "enter" to save the change.

Route Comparison Table

Compare edits based on distance, WP count, or ETA. Click the column header to sort by that column.

Select Edit Button

Click the button to the left of the route in the Route Comparison Table to update the route with the selected edit. *Beta: The route will not be updated in the beta

1. Click the Select Edit Button
2. Select a user to save as

3. Confirm

   

Vessel and Alert details

Hover over a vessel or alert to view detailed information.

Item	Description	Sample
AIS	( IMO / VESSEL NAME ) Alerts Passageplan filename Message Date AIS Timestamp Location (Latest AIS position) Heading Course Speed Route Data Types (Available route data)
Offtrack	Distance (Vessel - Route deviation)
Grounding Int	Alert Type: Grounding Intersection Simulation Time (Alert update time) Location (Intersection coordinates) Time to intersection (from simulation time) Distance At Simulation Time Speed At Simulation Time
NAVAREA Int	Alert Type: NAVAREA Intersection Area (NAVAREA category) Risk Name (NAVAREA name) Simulation Time (Alert update time) Location (Intersection coordinates) Time to intersection (from simulation time) Distance At Simulation Time Speed At Simulation Time (Vessel speed at simulation time)
Ocean Storm Int	Alert Type: Ocean Storm Intersection Simulation Time (Alert update time) Location (Intersection coordinates) Time to intersection (from simulation time) Distance At Simulation Time Speed At Simulation Time (Vessel speed at simulation time)
Coastal Storm Int	Alert Type: Coastal Storm Intersection Simulation Time Alert update time Location (Intersection coordinates) Time to intersection (from simulation time) Distance At Simulation Time Speed At Simulation Time (Vessel speed at simulation time)
UKC Info (βeta)	UKC Info (βeta) Draft (Vessel-reported draft) UKC margin (as a percentage of draft)
NAVTEX Int	Alert Type: NAVTEX Intersection Location (Intersection coordinates) Time to intersection (from simulation time) Simulation Time (Alert update time) Distance At Simulation Time Speed At Simulation Time (Vessel speed at simulation time)

Layer tooltip

The layer tooltip is displayed when hovering over or tapping a feature on the map. If multiple features are in the same area, a feature selector is displayed at the bottom of the tooltip. Moving the mouse over an item in the list highlights the feature on the map (See image below).

Display layer details

Mouse over to view detailed information about the following layers.

Item	Description	Sample
Cyclone	Cyclone name - Forecast time of passage Class: Location: Forecast location Heading Gusts Pressure Speed: Forecast travel speed 10min Max WS
Iceberg	Iceberg Count density level
Ice	Ice Concentration Area coverage: Sea Ice Concentration(%)
Ocean	Area: Ocean Storm area Start date: Forecast start date End date: Forecast end date Location: Storm area Description: Storm details
Coastal	Area: Coastal Storm area Start date: Forecast start date End date: Forecast end date Location: Storm area Description: Storm details
Wind	Direction / Speed
NAVAREA	Area info NAVAREA (No.) Area category Warning period Warning info Risk level Details
UKC Detail	UKC Detail (0.05G rid) Depth (below sea level) Draft: Vessel draft
Company Area	Name: Item name Valid From: Start date Valid To: End date / -- (if no end date) Created At: Item generation date Updated At: Item update date Description: Item description / -- (if no description)
Navtex Area	[NAVTEX Navigational Warnings] {Area name} Description: Item description / -- (if no description)
Piracy	Piracy Location: Latitude, Longitude (DMS) Incident Time: The time the event occurred Area: Region name Ship Type: Ship type Attack Type: Attack type (e.g. Boarded, Stolen) Source: Information source Description: Incident details / -- (if no details)

AIS updates

AIS data is updated every three minutes with the latest AIS data.

The latest update time is displayed in the upper-right of the screen.

Pre-update

Post-update

The AIS timestamps are updated in the Monitoring List, as well.

Settings preservation

The last-used settings are restored when re-opening the site if using the same browser.

The following settings are saved:

• Selected layers (from the left-side layer menu)
• Selected Alert types
• Selected Route types
• Selected Passageplan Status types (in the Monitoring List dropdown)
• Monitoring list height
• Monitoring list Lat / Lon isDMS setting
• Selected Theme
• Selected Basemap
• Selected Risk Levels (the red, yellow, and gray buttons on the left)
• Rolling Rose setting (rolling / weather)
• Time Controller settings
  • Minimized status
  • "by Point" checkbox

NAR Chatbot beta

The NAR Chatbot provides a new way to answer your queries about NAR. The current beta version uses a keyword-based approach to generate answers, and is available in English only. If you cannot get the answer you intended, please ask the question with simple keywords.