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Offshore Systems Wins $ 1.3 Million

Contract For Electronic Chart Systems

Offshore Systems, Ltd., (0SL), of

Vancouver, Canada, has been awarded a $ 1.3 million contract from the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) for supplying and supporting a number of Electronic Chart Dis- play and Information Systems (ECDIS).

The multi-year "Electronic Chart

Demonstration Project" is based on the Canadian Government's Public

Review Panel on Tanker Safety and

Marine Spill Response Capability which identified spill prevention as the highest priority for protecting the coastal and marine environemnet. The panel recom- mended that: "In order to reduce the risks of accidents the CHS (must): expedite developments of electronic charting technology and the reburied infrastructure, then introduce regu- lations requiring the use of elec- tronic charts on all tankers in Cana- dian waters."

Under this contract OSL will de- liver six of its new Electronic Chart/

Precise Integrated Navigation Sys- tems (ECPINS) this year. ECPINS links precise navigation and radar

Electronics Update data to electronic vector charts.

These systems will comply with all the very high requirements of the

International Maritime Organiza- tion (IMO) for ECDIS. OSL will also provide both the shipboard Differ- ential Global Positioning System (DGPS) equipment and the DGPS reference service for the participat- ing ships. Subsequently OSL will install the ECPINS systems and pro- vide comprehensive training and support.

A total of 12 ships ranging from tankers to ferries will use the sys- tems for a minimum of six months as an aid in grounding avoidance and to increase navigation efficiency in congested waters. At the comple- tion of the demonstration project the systems will be installed on Ca- nadian government vessels.

The major objectives of this CHS program are: demonstration of

ECDIS technology as an aid in grounding and collision avoidance, particularly for vessels carrying en- ergy commodities or hazardous goods; gathering of practical field experience with ECDIS under a va-

OSL's ECPINS chart and radar data overlay presentation. riety of operating conditions; provi- sion of the basic background knowl- edge necessary prior to any appro- priate regulatory action such as changes to the Canada Shipping Act to promote or mandate the use of electronic chart systems.

Helmut Lanziner, president of

OSL, stated: "This Electronic Chart

Pilot Project is the largest test bed program in the world and we are delighted that we won this impor- tant contract. As pioneers of the modern electronic chart we look for- ward to demonstrate to the interna- tional marine industry the value of our ECPINS as a new aid to safe navigation and grounding avoid- ance."

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