Remote position management

A method for remotely navigating a marine vessel, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a communication module of a marine location management system located remote and separate from the marine vessel, geographical coordinates of at least one marine location, wherein the at least one marine location is located within at least one of a marina, a mooring field, or a lock;
• receiving, by the communication module, a geographical location of the marine vessel;
• determining, by a processor in communication with the communication module, at least one available location of the at least one marine location to receive the marine vessel, each available location associated with corresponding geographical coordinates;
• determining, by the processor, a navigation plan based on the corresponding geographical coordinates of the at least one available location and the geographical location of the marine vessel;
• identifying, by the processor, an optimal available location of the at least one available location based on one or more selection criteria;
• transmitting, by the communication module, the navigation plan to a vessel control system for controlling at least one motor located on the marine vessel to navigate the marine vessel to the optimal available location;
• determining, by one of the processor and the vessel control system, a set of thrust vectors based on the navigation plan;
• and
• transmitting, by the vessel control system to at least one motor of the marine vessel, the set of thrust vectors;
• and
• navigating, by the vessel control system, the marine vessel to the optimal available location;
• wherein determining the navigation plan of the at least one available location occurs prior to or after identifying the optimal available location occurs.

A marine location management system for remotely navigating a marine vessel, the marine location management system being located remote and separate from the marine vessel and adapted to communicate with a vessel control system of the marine vessel, the marine location management system comprising:

• a storage medium adapted to store geographical coordinates of at least one marine location, wherein the at least one marine location is located within at least one of a marina, a mooring field, or a lock;
• a communication module adapted to receive a geographical location of the marine vessel;
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• a processor, in communication with the storage medium and the communication module, adapted to:
• determine at least one available location of the at least one marine location to receive the marine vessel, each available location is associated with corresponding geographical coordinates;
• determine a navigation plan based on the corresponding geographical coordinates of the at least one available location and the geographical location of the marine vessel;
• and
• identify an optimal available location of the at least one available location based on one or more selection criteria;
• wherein the vessel control system is configured to control at least one motor located on the marine vessel, the vessel control system further configured:
• (i) to receive the navigation plan corresponding to the optimal available location determined by the processor, wherein one or both of the processor and the vessel control system are configured to determine a set of thrust vectors based on the corresponding geographical coordinates of the optimal available location and the geographical location of the marine vessel;
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• (ii) to control the at least one motor based on the set of thrust vectors to navigate the marine vessel to the optimal available location.