I was on a foreign flagged tanker 8 years ago that was paperless. As I recall, the last thing we needed was to be certified was a new Navtex that was able to put the messages through directly to the ECDIS and plot all of the relevant points. Something I never would have thought of in order to go paperless.
I haven’t heard of an US flagged vessels going paperless.
I just got off a US “paperless” car carrier. Admiralty across the board. We did not have internet. Our means of keeping current were insufficient because large file sizes for some of the updates. Our system was not capable of downloading some of the larger files. IMO, a dedicated internet connection should be a compulsory item for paperless. The company told me intenet was “coming.” I fought them for 4 months with zero effect.
I was on an American Maersk line ship last week. It was paperless. They are using Transas. I was on one awhile back with one of the first Transas did not go all the way to the berth. Typical pay per chart, but you would think the office would at least have the full route at it Home port, MLL based in Norfolk
The system we used was subscription based. To ensure we were covered for our constantly changing route, I would enter the voyage in the Admiralty Catalog and send this info to the service provider. It worked fine…except when the company forgot to complete the transaction. For liner service ships like MECL it should be a no brainer.