Upgrading the domestic shipping industry will be more efficient and safe sea transport for passengers and cargoes to be measured through reduced transport cost and time; reduced maritime accidents, and higher passengers’ satisfaction.

There is a need for an effective data-oriented approach for understanding and forecasting maritime traffic in the Philippines. However, there is still no existing system used by Philippine regulatory agencies that analyzes the needed number of routes and their respective capacities automatically. To answer to this need, project MARIS has developed the NAVIS Software.

NAVIS is a decision support tool for MARINA in determining whether to award franchises. It can determine the adequate number of vessels needed in a route, predict possible change in demand between existing and missionary routes, and analyze the routes connected to a chosen port to rationalize the current supply of vessels.