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DNV Navigator Port
Port clearance and ship-to-shore reporting software that assembles the documents a vessel needs before arrival
As of 1 September 2026, DNV Navigator Port's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Solves one narrow, expensive problem: getting port formalities right the first time. Softwr lists it under Maritime. DNV Navigator Port is made by DNV AS, available on Windows, Web.
Overview
What DNV Navigator Port does
DNV Navigator Port is shipboard and shore software for port clearance. It holds port and terminal requirements, ALRS Volume 6 pilot information, and the forms each authority expects, and it assembles the declaration set a vessel needs for arrival, departure and transit through controlled waters. It also handles crew certificate tracking and work and rest hour calculation against MLC and STCW regimes, with alerts when a planned schedule would breach them. It sits within DNVs wider Navigator family alongside voyage reporting and ECO Insight performance dashboards. The distinguishing thing is content maintenance, not software. Port requirements change constantly and inconsistently, and Navigator Ports value is that DNV updates the onboard content weekly. That is a subscription to a maintained regulatory dataset with an application wrapped around it, and it is why in-house alternatives fail: writing the forms engine is easy, keeping four thousand ports current is not. The onboard component is built to keep working through satellite outages, which matters because clearance documents are needed exactly when connectivity is worst. Who buys it: ship managers, tanker and bulk operators and cruise lines with vessels calling at many ports, particularly where a single failed clearance means demurrage. The trade-off is that this is a point solution. It does not do voyage optimisation, chartering or planned maintenance, so it becomes one more shipboard system with its own licence, its own updates and its own crew training burden, and DNV publishes no pricing.
What people use it for
- A tanker operator whose vessels call at ports where a rejected declaration means a berth is lost and demurrage starts
- A ship manager standardising port formalities across a mixed fleet and multiple crewing agencies
- An operator that must evidence MLC work and rest compliance to a port state control inspector on demand
- A cruise line calling at many ports per voyage where the paperwork volume exceeds what a bridge team can maintain manually
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about DNV Navigator Port.
- Nothing is published about pricing and licensing is per vessel through DNV sales, so a fleet cannot estimate cost without a commercial conversation.
- It is a point solution covering clearance and crew hours only, so it adds another shipboard system to install, update and train crews on rather than consolidating existing ones.
- The onboard component is a Windows installation that needs periodic updating on each vessel, and update discipline across a fleet with rotating crews is a genuine operational burden.
- Content coverage is deepest for major commercial ports; operators calling at small or remote terminals will still assemble some documentation manually and pay for a dataset that does not cover their edge cases.
- DNV is a classification society selling software to the same operators it classes, which some owners view as a conflict when choosing systems that generate compliance evidence.
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What people choose instead of DNV Navigator Port
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- DNV Navigator PortvsVeson Nautical
Veson Nautical: Pick Veson if the commercial voyage and chartering workflow is the actual gap.
- DNV Navigator PortvsNAPA Fleet Intelligence
NAPA Fleet Intelligence: Pick NAPA if vessel performance and emissions reporting matter more than port formalities.
Pricing
What DNV Navigator Port costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Navigator Port
On request
- Licensed per vessel with fleet agreements available
- Weekly content updates and 24/7 support included
- Onboard installation plus shore-side access
- Additional Navigator modules licensed separately
Capabilities
Features
Port clearance packs
Assembles required declarations and forms for arrival, departure and controlled waters transit
Weekly content updates
Port, terminal and pilot information refreshed weekly onboard
ALRS Volume 6
Admiralty List of Radio Signals pilot information included
Work and rest hours
Automatic calculation against selected MLC and STCW regimes with breach warnings
Crew certificates
Certificate register with expiry monitoring
Offline operation
Onboard installation functions through satellite connectivity loss
Shore visibility
Fleet office view of port call status and documentation
Third-party integration
Interfaces with vessel management and chartering systems such as Q88
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
How often is port information updated?
Weekly to the onboard installation, which is the main thing the subscription buys.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. The onboard component is built to operate through satellite connectivity loss.
Does it cover work and rest hours?
Yes, it calculates against selected MLC and STCW regimes and warns on breaches.
Is pricing published?
No. It is licensed per vessel through DNV with fleet agreements negotiated.
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