Passage Plan Guide Message Template
Request / Introduction for Passage Plan Sharing to Shore
To request Passage Plan sharing to Shore, please feel free to use the following message template.
=== Request / introduction for passage plan sharing to shore ===
1. Purpose
- For monitoring & General image of passage plan data sharing to shore supporting vessel safety by vessel’s planned route with actual passage plan in ECDIS. Provide navigational risk data including weather, grounding risk, NAVAREA, etc.
- Check estimate risk on route when planning stage, support safety passage planning
- Monitoring vessel’s safety navigation with planned passage plan route & AIS data.
2. General image of passage plan data sharing to shore
- Sharing ECDIS passage plan file data via E-mail(nar-pp@wni.com)
- ECDIS file format will be 3 types initially. (RTZ / TXT / CSV)
- RTZ available for all type of ECDIS / TXT available for Furuno’s ECDIS / CSV available for JRC’s ECDIS
- Our route connection is system based, so there is normally no additional mail contact to the vessel Master before any issue has happened and needs Master’s confirmation.
- Due to our system can display only one latest received passage plan route, so please kindly send us your latest / one passage plan route file.
3. Onboard ECDIS route file export example
- For JRC ECDIS, JAN-7201S/9201S:Click the [Save]→ Select File type CSV, RTZ
- For Furuno FEA-2x07:After connecting USB in USB port, Click [Route]→ Select TXT, RTZ in [Route Data Management]
- For Transas Navi Planner 4000:[Route edit] tab → [Route export] → Click KML or RTZ at [File format]
You are free to attach and use the following image when sending the above message.
| General image of passage plan data sharing to shore |
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For Furuno FEA-2x07 |
For Transas Navi Planner 4000 |
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Reply to Master Template Outline
NAR passage plan guide to master is based on below template.
Note
(///~) is the remark for template. Do not write at actual guide message.
To : Master of VESSEL (///Based on ship name)
Fm : Yang / WNI (///Who send the message to vessel)
Good day Sir.
Thank you very much for kindly sharing your passage plan route file in your busy work.
Sorry for many time request in your busy work, but for provide new service in good order, if possible, can I ask below?
- If possible, can I ask you to share with us the JRC's csv format without zipped?
(///About the request for guide master to send correct message)
The reason of the request :
- Due to our service is system based service,
can convert & display only one passage plan route file without zipped file to system with route file from ECDIS as below.
JRC - CSV
Furuno - TXT
All ecdis - RTZ
(can not read the zipped file in system)
(///About the reason why request above to master)
Sorry for request in your busy work & waiting for your kindly confirmation.
Thank you & best regards.
Yang / WNI
Actual Sample
To : Master of VESSEL
Fm : Yang / WNI
Good day, Sir
Thank you for taking the time to share your passage plan route file.
If possible, could you send the JRC CSV file without zipping it, please?
(///About the request for guide master to send correct message)
The reason for the request:
- Since our service is system-based, we are only able to convert and display a single, non-zipped passage plan route file from ECDIS, as below:
JRC - CSV
Furuno - TXT
All ECDIS - RTZ
**Zipped files cannot be read by the system
(///About the reason why request above to master)
We understand you are busy, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you & best regards.
Yang / WNI
To : Master of VESSEL
Fm : Yang / WNI
Good day, Sir
Thank you for taking the time to share your passage plan route file.
Sorry for the lack of clarity. Could you please kindly follow the following instructions to share the route file from ECDIS?
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ECDIS : JRC- JAN-701B
Export format : csv file (Not rtz format)
Method : (In the Table Editing menu) Select [MENU] - [(1) File] - [(6) Export]
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The reason for the request:
- Since our service is system-based, we are only able to convert and display a single, non-zipped passage plan route file from ECDIS, as below:
JRC - CSV
We understand you are busy, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you & best regards.
Yang / WNI

To : Master of VESSEL
Fm : Yang / WNI
Good day, Sir
Thank you for taking the time to share your passage plan route file.
Sorry to bother you with this, but could you please kindly send your route in RTZ format from ECDIS?
The reason for the request:
- The passage plan route file is in a different format than standard JRC CSV format
Standard CSV format sample (JRC)
Your passage plan route CSV file (Chartco)
- Since our service is system-based, we are only able to convert and display a single, non-zipped passage plan route file from ECDIS, as below:
JRC - CSV
Furuno - TXT
All ecdis - RTZ
We understand you are busy, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you & best regards.
Yang / WNI
| Standard csv format sample |
Chartco csv format sample |
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To : Master of VESSEL
Fm : Yang / WNI
Good day, Sir
Thank you for taking the time to share your passage plan route file.
Sorry to bother you, but could you please kindly send your route in another format, such as RTZ?
The reason for the request:
- The passage plan route file is in a different format than standard JRC CSV format
Standard CSV format sample (JRC)
Your passage plan route CSV file (BVS)
- Since our service is system-based, we are only able to convert and display a single, non-zipped passage plan route file from ECDIS, as below:
JRC - CSV
Furuno - TXT
All ecdis - RTZ
We understand you are busy, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you & best regards.
Yang / WNI
| Standard csv format sample |
BVS csv format sample |
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To : Master of VESSEL
Fm : Yang / WNI
Good day, Sir
Thank you for taking the time to share your passage plan route ECDIS file.
Sorry to bother you with this, but could you please kindly send your route in .csv or .rtz format?
The reason for the request:
- Since our service is system-based, we are only able to convert and display a single, non-zipped passage plan route file from ECDIS, as below:
JRC - CSV
Furuno - TXT
All ECDIS - RTZ
- The file you have kindly sent is in an un-supported format (JRC's proprietary binary format - un-openable without JRC software):
.rtn
.rtnm
.rta
We understand you are busy, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you & best regards.
Yang / WNI
6. When master sent the file to the wrong address
To : Master of VESSEL
Fm : Yang / WNI
Good day, Sir
Thank you for taking the time to share your passage plan route file.
Sorry to bother you with this, but could you please kindly send your route from ECDIS to "nar-pp@wni.com" ?
The reason for the request:
- Since our service is system-based, we associate the passage plan route file with the vessel by receiving the data
at our mail server (nar-pp@wni.com) from the vessel's registered email address
We understand you are busy, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you & best regards.
Yang / WNI
To : Master of VESSEL
Fm : Yang / WNI
Good day, Sir
Thank you for taking the time to share your passage plan route file.
Sorry to bother you, but could you please kindly
- send your route in another format, such as RTZ?
- send your route in a single file?
The reason for the request:
- The passage plan route file is in CSV without the correct JRC format
Standard CSV format sample (JRC)
Your passage plan route CSV file
- Since our service is system-based, we are only able to convert and display a single, non-zipped passage plan route file from ECDIS, as below:
JRC - CSV
Furuno - TXT
All ecdis - RTZ
We understand you are busy, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you & best regards.
Yang / WNI
| Standard csv format sample |
Not JRC csv format sample |
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To : Master of VESSEL
Fm : Yang / WNI
Good day, Sir
Thank you for taking the time to share your passage plan route file.
Sorry to bother you with this, but could you please kindly select the rtz file format?
The reason for the request:
- This is the first time that Tokyo Keiki's ECDIS in the Evergreen fleet cannot export the rtz format route file
We understand you are busy, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you & best regards.
Yang / WNI

9. When master using JAN-9201
To : Master of VESSEL
Fm : Yang / WNI
Good day, Sir
About route file export,
based on your good information (JRC JAN-9201),
please let me report you below :
(Exporting a route file image)
- When you export route file from your ECDIS, there have selectable area above the OK button
(selecting file type image)
- When you click the file type, you can select the route format which JAN-9201 provide (include csv format)
(data format of the file can be exported in the ECDIS image)
Thank you & best regards.
Yang / WNI
| Exporting a route file |
selecting file type |
data format of the file can be exported in the ECDIS |
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