Case Study: H-Line Shipping Co. achieves safer, more fuel-efficient, real-time voyage planning with StormGeo's BVS

Bringing Together Weather Forecasts and a Vessel's Noon Position

H-Line Shipping Co., a leading Korean operator of 50 bulkers and LNG vessels, needed an advanced voyage-optimization and weather-routing tool that combined global weather and ocean-current forecasts with real-time vessel positions. Previous providers gave forecasts but not the ship’s actual noon position, limiting tactical decision-making and shore-based support; H-Line selected StormGeo’s onboard BVS to meet this requirement.

StormGeo’s BVS delivers 24/7 compressed weather and ocean data to the ship (via broadband, email or KVH IP‑MobileCast), producing color-enhanced maps and route recommendations that integrate the vessel’s noon position. Using StormGeo’s BVS, captains can calculate shortest-time, fuel- or cost-optimal routes, accurately determine ETA and avoid fuel shortages—one vessel notably arrived without a bunker shortage after rerouting in the North Pacific—improving safety and fuel efficiency across H-Line’s fleet.

H-Line Shipping Co.

Lee Jong Hyeok

Ship Captian