The real-time agriculture, energy and commodity market data tracker DTN announced it had launched a new tool called Optimal Speed Routing. DTN said the feature will allow ship owners and charterers to better plan for and adapt to potential voyage disruptions.

DTN said that a supermax bulk carrier traveling from Barcelona, Spain to Stavanger, Norway, with a daily cost of $1,000, for example, could save almost 30% on its operations by using Optimal Speed Routing rather than traditional weather routing.

“Ship operators are under increasing economic and compliance pressures, fuel prices are up, and CII reporting is in effect,” said Jarco van den Brink, DTN Shipping Product Manager. “Working with our customers, DTN has combined multiple maritime-specific data sets into a continuously updating model that expands the capabilities of weather-enhanced routing advice to accommodate evolving conditions while at sea.” 

Optimal Speed Routing has been integrated into the DTN RouteGuard platform and will soon be offered on the DTN Vessel Routing API.