Tag: radar

Heidi Alexander, the Deputy Mayor of London for Transport, has named the latest addition to the Port of London Authority f of vessels that survey the bed of the tidal River Thames. This ship aims to ensure that the is safe for freight and passenger vessels, as well as recreational river users.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. confirmed the successful launch of two satellites, launched into a 580km sun-synchronous orbit onboard the PSLV launch vehicle, which are expected to ease monitoring of marine environment and provide direct radar ship detection information.

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,

Peel Ports Group, UK’s second biggest port operator, will apply air traffic control technology to a commercial port group in the UK for the first time, in order to enhance maritime operations. The technologies to be used include vessel identification and tracking, solid-state radar and weather stations.

Navico Commercial Marine Division has launched Simrad HALOTM Pulse Compression Radar , a solid-state, open-array radar system with pulse compression technology for non-SOLAS applications aboard commercial vessels.

Two new placards have been added to the West of England Club's Radar Best Practice series

Japan P&I Club LP Bulletin The Japan P&I Club has recently issued a loss prevention bulletin to advice on how to avoid collisions with analysis on the use of ARPA and AIS, the information they give the navigator and what it means and with some reminders of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGs) and guidelines which should be followed.The introduction of ARPA provided a significant advance in collision avoidance because any risk of collision with any of the other ships in the area is constantly assessed by computer technology and the results are displayed for the navigator to use. That is, of course, provided they are plotted or automatically detected. This technology has brought into focus the fact that it is necessary to determine the distance off at the closest point of approach (CPA) of another ship in order to establish whether or not there is a risk of collision with that other ship. The Japan P&I Club highlights that the belief that an ARPA can tell the navigator that no risk of collision exists is entirely false.Guidelines for successful watchkeeping with ARPAAppreciate that the ARPA display cannot tell you that there is no risk of ...

CHIRP has received a report regarding radars and parallel index lines

In August EMSA signed five new framework contracts of a maximum value of 24 M for the provision of satellite radar images and oil spill and vessel detection services.

West of England publishes new radar best practice LP placards