Bridge watch alarm order for V.Ships fleet
Martek Marine says it has secured a contract to supply its BNWAS Martek Marine says it has secured a contract to supply its Navgard bridge navigation watch alarm system (BNWAS) to Seacom Electronics, the UK subsidiary of major global ship management services company V.Ships.Southampton-headquartered Seacom has placed an initial order for a Navgard BNWAS compliance package comprising a Navgard panel with two weatherproof external resets, an internal reset, three cabin alarms and four high intensity audio visual alarms. UK-based Martek will deliver further items, including an illuminated push-button reset for the bridge, a bridge wing reset button, officer cabin alarm and a high intensity corridor audio-visual alarm.The company expects this initial contract to be followed by orders for further packages to be installed on V.Ships' vessels during the next three years.Martek says that its Navgard system is designed to comply with SOLAS Regulation V/19 as amended by MSC.282(86), which requires a BNWAS to be installed on all new and existing cargo and passenger vessels. The system meets the requirements of the performance standards set out by MSC.128(75) & IEC 62616. The Navgard system comprises either a bulkhead-mounted or console-mounted control panel with an onboard passive infra-red (PIR) movement detector with ...
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