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Navmaster ECS - Electronic Chart System

Improving safety and efficiency

Navmaster ECS is an electronic chart system closely based on the type-approved Navmaster ECDIS software. It provides navigators with the full range of ECDIS navigation tools without the expense of type-approved components. It incorporates the feedback of many navigators into its design and is simple to use within a familiar MS Windows environment.


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Navmaster ECS is suited for installation on newbuilds and easy to retrofit into existing bridge layouts. It will run on standard PCs interfaced to onboard instruments, in stand-alone and network configurations.

Right: Navmaster ECS automatically displays ship position and provides
the navigator with vital voyage information.




Key benefits

  • Fully up-to-date ECDIS-type software
  • Allows ship operators to familiarise and train ships staff in ECDIS operation at lower cost
  • Highly-developed route planning and detailed passage plan documentation allows conformance to ISM Code and company quality systems
  • Can be installed by ships staff without interrupting sailing schedules
  • Can be run on existing PCs or networks
  • Offers upgrade path to fully type-approved ECDIS with least disruption
  • Remote Diagnostics feature allows rapid and low-cost support direct to ship

Main functions

  • Automatic plotting of own vessel, ARPA and AIS targets on electronic charts
  • Monitoring and identification of ships and other navigation objects in the vicinity
  • Generation of alarms and warnings in accordance with ECDIS criteria
  • Voyage data recording and playback, for vessels not yet required to carry type-approved VDR and for voyage reconstruction and staff training


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Left: Navmaster ECS operating on the central console of cruise ship Island Escape and linked to monitors installed at each bridge wing. When manoeuvring from one wing, cameras can display the stern view from the opposite side of the ship and display this onscreen.



Electronic charts compatible with Navmaster ECS:

  • ENCs
  • ARCS
  • CM-ENCs
  • Seafarer
  • C-Map CM93/3






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Right: Navmaster ECS plan report incorporates the navigator's instructions and notes and can be customised with your own company name and logo