Kongsberg Norcontrol signed an agreement with the Norwegian Coastal Administration for delivery, operations and maintenance of radars to the maritime traffic service. The agreement has a potential total value of up to NOK 250 million and a duration of up to eleven years.
The agreement enables the technical extension of the maritime traffic service area’s service areas in the following years, including in Western Norway, where the service area will be expanded by 2022 to apply the area from Fedje to Kristiansund.
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In addition to maintenance and renewal of current radars, Kongsberg Norcontrol will deliver new radars in the period 2018-2027. In addition, there may be a need for more new radars to monitor the traffic at the Stad ship tunnel, if it is decided to be built.
Arve Dimmen, Director of Maritime Safety at the Norwegian Coastal Administration, commented:
The Ministry of Transport and Communications has assigned us to expand the service area for our maritime traffic service, and this framework agreement is an important step in achieving this. The agreement gives us access to modern radars with good performance.
Radar is important for the Norwegian Coastal Administration’s maritime traffic service. Today the Norwegian Coastal Administration has 23 radars monitoring traffic in the five service areas of the maritime traffic service.
