The data sources / information concerning the modern ship are many and varied, internal to the ship (eg sensors in various pieces of equipment) and external (eg meteorological stations). Collecting all this data is no longer a complicated process as their transmission can be done using traditional or modern satellite communication systems and stored in central units. With the new technologies (AI, Big Data) we can analyze the data, relate it and present it to those who use it to make important and critical decisions.

The collection of all this data and their correlation, allows us to see each ship holistically as a system and not just as a sum of its individual parts and functions. So in addition to the central storage, the existence of a platform that would visually display all the information and its different correlations, would significantly help in the most efficient and effective monitoring of the fleet of ships from all parts of the Management Company.The platform will be a gathering place for the information that interests each department. The information comes from different applications and is grouped on the platform either in the form of views (Views) appropriately configured on the user interface or in the form of reports (Reports).

In this context, the purpose of the OCTANT project is to offer a complete technical solution of a Ship Fleet management platform, whose main feature will be the existence of cartographic backgrounds (GIS) and the representation of the management company’s ships on it. The central information point on the platform is the ship and the data around it.The user can see multiple information about the ship in a time very close to the real one. Provides geographic information, weather, ocean currents, chlorophyll, spatial and temporal information, hazardous area information and ship routes. The platform will provide opportunities for dynamic adjustment in the display of information and their grouping, as well as the possibility of a grid of actions per port, ship and part of the company.