Aids to Navigation Improvement to Optimize Ship Navigation

Abstract Aids to navigation are established assist vessels in the with special importance narrow channels, rivers, or areas dangers navigation. Whether design of aids (AtoN) system is optimum depends on ship positioning, which affected by several factors: waterway geometry, metocean conditions, ship, pilotage, and AtoN themselves, being a crucial part waterway. Optimizing type signals distance between them allows, not only for safer navigation, but expand limits assisting larger move safely along waterway, as well minimize dredging costs area optimizing simultaneously both: Navigation. An equilibrium required investment maintenance costs, therefore, this combined assessment optimization allows finally get both, technically economically feasible projects without detriments safety The use fast time manoeuvring models Real Time Simulations check verify improvements system. Simulators sessions perfect place all stakeholders (Port Authorities, Pilots, Harbour Masters, designers, shipowners, …) interact, discuss, evaluate, agree best option improvement conditions while preserving operations, it effectiveness before implementing reality.