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75TH ANNIVERSARY PROFILES

Transas: The Bridge to Tomorrow

Transas was founded in 1990, by sor input from the forward looking gration) as their deployed simulators. a group of former navigators and sonar, chart data as well as position Instructors can access the simulator engineers, who at that time envi- and routing data are integrated from their personal devices and col- sioned ways in which computers with live video of the vessel sur- laborate with others remotely. could revolutionize maritime safety, roundings. As the navigator views communications and security. In the actual surroundings, combined MONA LISA 2.0 the ensuing 25 years Transas has with all relevant information on one Ship owners and operators today – pioneered navigational technology display, the decision making process more so than any other period in the across a wide sector, developing is designed to be shortened and more history of shipping – are pressed to into a true “household name” in the ef