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Electronics ing NAV/COMM radios, radars and lighting. Dual navigation PCs were installed as well.”

Subchapter M is also a driver of equipment replacements. Vane’s Cap- tain Demske, who has overseen the construction of 48 tugs during his career, added, “Not only were the new push tugs built to Subchapter M standards, Vane is equipping all of the tugs in the ? eet with Sub-M-compli- ant navigation equipment.”

Electronic charts have largely re- placed paper, but, in this age of con- nectivity and compliance, the third “C”- “charting”, is about far more than simply viewing a map on a screen (though that’s an integral capability, of course). Consider the widely-used Rose

Point ECS4 from Rose Point Naviga- tion Systems. As described, it offers new voyage planning tools to the in- land sector (with its “Inland” add-on), which can streamline the work steps of

Subchapter M navigation assessments, with automated creation of routes (with

ABS Nautical Systems screenshot locks and bridges detailed). It also up- dates AIS voyage data ? elds. The Rose

Point package also links to a web-based portal, enabling towboat operators to monitor their ? eet status remotely.

A module running on a Windows- based computer allows electronic chart display on a screen from Hatteland

Display AS. Rose Point says that this enables boat operators to “meet the re- quirements of the Coast Guard NVIC 01-16 for paperless charting transits.”

Likewise, radar is integrated into broader bridge management work? ows and tasks. Furuno, in describing its in- stallation of FAR2117BB radar on a trio of Subchapter-M compliant tugs built at the Main Iron Works yard in

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