HF ocean radar data can improve and can give more reliable navigation information for vessel traffic for harbours and harbour entrances. It can be assimilated into existing ocean current models to improve prediction and make it available to the pilots of incoming and outgoing shipping.
In case of oil spills or lost containers, it can be an important tool for environmental protection. With an additional drift prediction tool (software), the ocean radar data can be used to forecast the drifting of oil spills or lost containers to make the management of the pollution more effective. Furthermore, in the case of oil pollution, the tool can be used to trace back the course of an detected pollution so as to identify the origin and time of the spill.