Weathernews is pleased to announce that we will hold our "Total Fleet Management Service Seminar in Japan 2010" with the theme of"Emission Management" by Optimum Ship Routeing at SHIRASE, Funabashi Port, on the 12th of May, 2010.

The purpose of this seminar is to realize Emission Management based on balancing Safety, Economy and Punctuality.

Weathernews' Optimum Ship Routeing meets the needs of container vessels, charter hire vessels and specialized vessels through close communication, which is essential for achieving optimization. We invite you to join this seminar for an exchange of case studies, present status and issues amongst the participants.

The Seminar will be held in SHIRASE, as our new venue for our activities related to climate change and the environment.

Seminar Program

Opening Remarks
  Chihito Kusabiraki, Representative Managing Director
  
SHIRASE as “Sea-Sophy”
  Jiro Miyabe, Representative Managing Director
  
Optimum Ship Routeing from Recommendation to Communication
  Mitsuhiro Ogata, Voyage planning Service Group Leader
  
Optimum Ship Routeing for Container Ships, PCTC and Bulk Carriers
  Kazuo Yokokawa, OSR Service Group, Director of Science
  
Performance Management
  Con Carey, Director and Satoru Ueno, Voyage Auditing Team Leader
  
Weather Data : Quality Improvement Planning (Wind, Wave, Current and Ice)
  Daisuke Abe, Global Forecast Center Group Leader
  
WNI Satellite for Shipping Industry
  Masaya Yamamoto, WNI Satellite Project Collaborator