Tag: Stability Management
Windstar Cruises selects NAPA for stability management to maximize fleet safety
Helsinki, Finland – 9 April 2019 NAPA Loading Computer ensures optimal planning of stowage, cargo and ballast for market leader in small ship cruising NAPA, the leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider and Windstar Cruises, the market leader in small ship cruising, today announced that NAPA’s Loading Computer has been installed across its […]
Read ArticleApril 9, 2019
Stability as a service
By Lauri Pöyhönen and Petteri Vilanen, Safety Solutions, NAPA Ltd. The cruise industry is constantly expanding its itineraries, and there’s a constant competition to see who can go the furthest. The first expedition cruise was to Antarctica in 1966, but until relatively recently they were relatively rare. In part this was because they were usually no-frills […]
Read ArticleApril 5, 2019
How does NAPA act on your feedback?
Ship operations solutions and services Each year at NAPA, we reach out to all our customer contacts with a survey request to collect feedback. We want to listen to the experiences of all our end users, everybody that has been in touch with our Customer Service, or interacted with NAPA in any way – if […]
Read ArticleApril 5, 2019
Sink or swim: Safety at seas for passenger ships
by Jussi Siltanen, NAPA Safety Solutions How would your passengers feel if they knew you were only doing the legal minimum to keep them safe at sea? It’s an age-old question about responsibility, and one which should challenge assumptions about the way in which a business is run. Should we expect our ships and crews […]
Read ArticleApril 1, 2019
Download NAPA Safety Solutions brochure
Download the NAPA Safety Solutions brochure for more information on NAPA’s integrated decision support for increased stability and safety. NAPA Safety Solution brochure
Read ArticleFebruary 14, 2019
Visions on autonomous ship stability management
by Jussi Siltanen, NAPA Safety Solutions After a recent closing meeting of an autonomous vessel project group, I was encouraged to vision the role of stability management in an era where ships will be unmanned and most of the ship functions are controlled or monitored from ashore or by machine. Views on unmanned or autonomous […]
Read ArticleFebruary 4, 2019