"Route Examples"

Examples from earlier versions of the unsupported Web Client which did not support maximum wave height parameters.
             
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Example 1 Immingham to New York
Example 2 Immingham to Panama 13.5 Kts.
Example 3 Noon Position to Saldhana Bay 13 Kts.
Example 4 Panama to Ko Sichang  12.5 Kts -  Typical route for a slow speed vessel. LTT at 20kts would apex at a much higher latitude.
Example 5 Tees to Philadelphia 14 Kts - Three routing options evaluated.
Example 6 Dodging Super Typhoon Ioke 13Kts  - Head for South Equatorial Current then east.
Example 7 Sunda Strait to Botany Bay 5 Kts - Tug and Tow.
Example 8 Vitoria to Port kembla 14.5 Kts  - Several Options (Caution: Large file)
Example 9 Fremantle to Cape town 13.5 Kts
Example 10 Tees to Brownsville 14kts - ETD 07/26/06 - Route Differential = 1.0 Day.
Example 11 Tees to Brownsville 14kts - ETD 07/25/06 - Route Differential = 0.9 Day. Significant beam swells  South about at T+96hrs and high GM  = heavy rolling.
Example 12 Tees to Brownsville 14kts - ETD 07/18/06 - Route Differential = 1.0 Day.
Example 13 SAD = (Simulator Assisted Deviation)-  On passage to Rotterdam
Example 14 Recalada Light to Pohang 13Kts - Surfing (East) or Pounding (West)...Take your pick.
Example 15 Arendal to Maracaibo 8 kts - North and South about Route Options for a tug and tow.
Example 16 Skaw to NOLA 12 Kts - 3 Passage options for a slow vessel.
Example 17 Lazaro cardenas to Guangzhou- 14.0 Kts. South about is both easier on the vessel and slightly quicker.
Example 18 Immingham to Montreal- 13.5 Kts. South about saves time.
Example 19 Adelaide to Capetown- 13.5 Kts. - Additional steaming on a southerly route saves 0.75 day.
Example 20 Auckland to Capetown- 13.0 Kts.
Example 21 Manila to Durban- 13.0 Kts. - An easy way to save 0.3 day.
Example 22 Durban to Kawasaki Ko- 13.5 Kts. - Minimal saving on LTT plus the chance of meeting pirates.
Example 23 Shanghai to Seattle - 13.0 Kts.
Example 24 San Francisco to Ko Sichang - 13.5 Kts. - Save more than a day  over the LDT.
Example 25 Rotterdam to Panama - 13.5 Kts. -  Exploiting a window of opportunity.
   
  Miscellaneous Files:
   
03/14/06 Gibraltar to Panama - 14 Kts. - You can't save on every passage.
03/11/06 Antwerp to Brownsville - A nice passage almost coincident with the Least Distance Track.
03/07/06 Los Angeles to Singapore - 14.0 Kts.  A significant deviation from the Least Distance Track saves over a day.
03/04/06 Gibraltar to Delaware Pilots - 14.0 Kts.  North about saves half a day. 
03/02/06 Santos to Savannah  - 13.5 Kts.  A simple deviation saves 0.25 day.
02/28/06 Philadelphia to Ijmuiden - 13 Kts - Least Time Track is coincident with Least Distance Track.
02/27/06 Immingham to  New Orleans - 14.0 Kts - COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS. - This is a good example of where the Optimum Track for a vessel is most likely NOT the Least Time Track.  Of the three routes considered, OPTION 1 will save 0.6 Day. However, that saving comes at the cost of much greater wave heights.
02/25/06 Vancouver to  Kaohsiung - 14.0 Kts - Rhumb Line - Takes almost 3 days longer. Also note the higher wave heights encountered.
02/24/06 Vancouver to  Kaohsiung - 14.0 Kts - North about.  Cost /Benefit of south about tomorrow.
02/23/06 Gibraltar to Newark - 13.0 Kts - Well planned maneuver will save almost half a day in what will be a rough passage. Stay clear of contrary currents and avoid the really heavy seas.
02/22/06 Norfolk to Antwerp - 12.0 Kts - Avoiding 10 mtr waves.
02/21/06 Port Hueneme to Mizushima 13.5 Kts
02/20/06 Wellington to Capetown 12.5 Kts - Another simple maneuver saves half a day.
02/19/06 Santander to Panama 13.5 Kts - An easy way to save half a day.
02/16/06 San Francisco to Singapore 14kts - Drift a little North to avoid the Japan Current and mid pacific wave action.
02/15/06 Vancouver to Fremantle 14 Kts - Stay South and gain a little time.
02/14/06 Kolkata to Capetown 14 Kts - Frequently the Least Distance Track cannot be improved on significantly.
02/12/06 UK to Azores - A user avoiding the worst of a North Atlantic storm with 12 m. wave heights.
02/10/06 Panama to Kaohsiung 21 Kts -  Same passage as yesterday at a much faster speed. Routing changes significantly.
02/09/06 Panama to Kaohsiung 13.5 Kts -  Change the voyage profile and save $100,000 with the help of near real time current data from (OSCAR - Ocean Surface Current Analyses - Real time)
02/08/06 Immingham to Panama - A good example of the Least Time Track (LTT) also being the Master's preferred route.
02/07/06 Coos Bay to Inchon - Typical strategy for a Westbound passage in the Pacific. For an example of how NOT to do a Westbound passage see Whistler v Kawasaki - Hill Harmony
02/06/06 Hong kong to Los Angeles - Using the North Pacific current to save a half day.
02/05/06 Stavanger to Panama - A good example of what might be considered an "Optimum Track" route. The predicted saving of half a day will often go unrealized.