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Houma, La. for oil and products transporter Kirby Corpora- Steiner Construction in Alabama. tion, said, “The FAR2117BB delivers Furuno’s unparalleled American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has been at the fore- target detection and sophisticated signal processing tech- front of shipping’s moves to all manner of connectivity with niques…Furuno’s FA170 AIS and GP33 GPS Navigator its My Digital Fleet product, launched in late 2020 and gain- feed position and AIS information to the ship’s navigation ing traction in the deepsea sector. This new offering builds systems. The Furuno 235DT depth sensor provides precise on ABS’s Nautical Systems set of onboard applications, information, and the RD33 Navigation Data Organizer can which are well-known on the rivers and around the harbor display this high-accuracy data along with other informa- setting. Nautical Systems, an integral part of ABS since the tion sets.” Subchapter-M impacts other aspects of the vessel 1990s, focuses on performance management for individual bridge, Kirby chose a pilothouse alerter system, Kirby chose vessels and ? eets. Its NS WORKBOAT software, offered

Furuno’s BR500 BNWAS for monitoring the pilot’s presence through a mobile application, supports operations aboard in the wheelhouse. Furuno’s FR1908VBB radar, and a Fu- vessels, as well as in landside of? ces. Importantly, the NS runo 628 depth sounder were out? tted aboard Sally Lapeyre, WORKBOAT, delivered on tablets or mobile phones, sup- a recent towboat delivery into the Canal Barge ? eet, built at ports compliance with Subchapter M, whether inspections

Kirby tugboat

Bailey

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