Dr. Ashish Agarwal

Capt. Vipan KumarChand

Abstract

As the technology improves, the advanced IT tools are put into practice on the ships to manage the navigation and tracking of ships in the high seas. During Ocean passage these IT tools provide day to day information of the vessel to the shipping company and concerned Maritime Administration. The daily data collection is performed by sensors or dedicated computer systems. The actual recording of the information of tracking the ship is connected to main server at shipping company and to other concerned maritime departments. This paper presents how all these systems provides data related to ship's communications, navigation and tracking during high seas and piracy areas. The information is useful in investigating the ship operation, which is helpful in avoiding operational errors. The application of each Information tool used for proper and effective communication results into effective navigation of the ships. The paper identifies the IT tools and shipping activities. The selection of proper information tools for carrying out activities on a ship is a multiple criteria problem and an attempt is made in this paper to solve the problem with the help of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP).

Keywords- AHP, IT Tools, Shipping Activities