Saab secures contracts to deliver KleinPilot

Saab, a defence and security company has secured separate contracts from the Canadian Great Lakes Pilotage Authority and the Great Lakes Pilotage Division of the United States Coast Guard to replace the existing Great Lakes Pilot Management System with the latest version of Saab’s KleinPilot.

The new KleinPilot system will replace the system installed by Saab in 2006.

The new system will be used by the two organisations and the three US Great Lakes pilotage associations to manage and coordinate the dispatch of marine pilots on the Great Lakes and automatically generate billing as per the applicable tariffs.

As per the contracts, Saab will host and administer the shared system on behalf of the two organisations on a secure site.

This will ensure the confidentiality of the parties and data.

The KleinPilot system is based on Saab’s N-Tier management information system platform and will come new features and functionality including fully web based user interface to facilitate easy user access; agent web portal for agents to submit pilotage requests and monitor assignment status; and pilot web portal (and optional iPhone application) to receive assignments, record job information and submit time cards.

Further, the new system is slated to commence use in live production for the start of the Great Lakes navigation season in next March.

A Canadian federal crown corporation, the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority is responsible for providing a safe and efficient pilotage service within the Great Lakes region for commercial vessels.

The US Coast Guard Great Lakes Pilotage Program is a programme that manages the processes and procedures for the US registered pilots on the Great Lakes.

Pilotage within the international waters of the Great Lakes is managed by the two organizations as per a memorandum of arrangements between the two countries.