ABS has launched Eagle CRoute, a new digital tool designed to help containership operators optimise cargo loading by calculating route-specific lashing reduction factors.
The online platform allows operators to assess loading options for individual voyages while maintaining compliance with vessel lashing requirements.
According to ABS, the tool responds to growing operational challenges such as changing port rotations, blank sailings, evolving stowage plans and geopolitical disruptions that require faster loading decisions.
Eagle CRoute calculates reduction factors based on a vessel’s ABS lashing notation.
For ships with the CLP-V notation, the platform calculates reduction factors for an entire voyage. Vessels carrying the CLP-V(PARR) notation can also receive split-route calculations between individual ports and seasonal reduction factors based on the time of year.
The tool also supports short voyages of less than 72 hours by incorporating weather and wave forecast data to calculate voyage-specific reduction factors.
ABS said bringing these capabilities into a single online platform will improve voyage planning and increase operational flexibility for containership operators.
Dr. Christina Wang, Vice President of Engineering Applications at ABS, said operators need practical digital tools that help them respond quickly to changing operating conditions without compromising safety.
Christoph Rasewsky, ABS Global Container Sector Lead, said the combination of route splitting, seasonal adjustments and short-voyage calculations gives operators a more accurate way to apply lashing reduction factors while unlocking additional loading opportunities.
