Friday, December 11, 2015

Transas supplies vessel monitoring system for Scottish port



Transas has made a deal with the Lerwick Port Authority to install a new vessel monitoring system (VMS) to cover Lerwick Harbour in Shetland.

Lerwick is a major commercial port in Britain. Handling more than 5,000 vessel arrivals, and over 12,000,000 gross tons annually, the deep-water port's users include oil and gas support, cargo, sailing, ferries and cruises.

The new VMS will be based on the high-end Navi-Harbour software solution from Transas. Hardware equipment scope consists of Class A AIS Transponders, Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine Vision Master radars, a Jotron VHF Communication System, Gill Meteorological sensors, general IT hardware platform and an APC Power Backup System. This will be installed across four sites

covering the port's area: the main port operations building and three remote stations (Rova Head, Maryfield and Kirkabister, monitoring the northern approaches, inner harbor and southern approaches, respectively).

"The new system will modernize Lerwick Harbour's monitoring system, improving real-time information available to the controllers handling shipping movements and the navigational assistance provided by Port Control," said the port’s Deputy Harbourmaster, Captain Alexander Simpson.

The project, costing around $493,000, including the Transas contract, telecommunications and civil works, is scheduled to be fully completed and delivered by May 2016.


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