Mr. Rich Brown of Applied Weather Technology Inc. will speak about how weather routing by using onboard software and receiving shore-based expert advice will help to optimise on fuel savings. Special focus will be made on the breakthrough in using a date, course, ship -type and climo-year specific Climatological Ship Resistance model to determine a more realistic speed reduction and develop the best route under the circumstances. Rich will also explore the capabilities of new generation onboard routing software and the pitfalls of some of these systems.