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TECH FILES ‘Black Box’ to Crack Down on Emissions

The Danish Maritime Association (DMA) has been examining new ways to use digital solutions for col- lecting and sharing data on ships’ sulfur emissions.

Digitalization, DMA says, could be the key to bet- ter emissions enforcement. Danish company Lite- hauz, working under the DMA led Ef? cienSea2 project, has recently developed a solution similar to the black box found on airplanes, but for trans- mitting sulfur emissions data to vessel owners and relevant authorities on land. The aim of this new technology is to make emissions monitoring more ef? cient. Current efforts in most countries are based on physical inspection and fuel sampling, which DMA believes could be streamlined for a tighter enforcement net. Litehauz’s digital solu- tion was recently put through its paces aboard a vessel in the Baltic Sea. The next step, DMA said, is to join forces with other authorities and industry to determine how best to apply this new technol- ogy in the real world.

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New Radar Solution for

Indonesian Marine Police

Rutter announced the delivery of 11 sig- prohibition. There is known to be a ma S6 Small Target Surveillance (STS) high degree of non-compliant behavior systems to the Indonesian Marine Po- in the Indonesian marine environment. lice through PT MultiIntegra of Jakarta,

Providing surveillance vessels with

Indonesia.

enhanced patrol equipment, including

Faced with the need to monitor activ- sigma S6 high de? nition radar imaging ity and enforce laws in a vast coastal technology, is a strategy to address this marine environment, adoption of the problem. sigma S6 system by The Indonesian

Marine Police represents a great im- provement in their ability to detect and

Underwater ‘Look out’

Farsounder identify small craft illegally perform- ing transshipments from larger vessels when AIS is not present.

120m Superyacht sigma S6 STS systems easily inte- grate with existing on-board naviga- tional radars identifying hard to discov-

Sports Farsounder er targets that would be otherwise not be detected, a capability that will allow

Marel Electronics, FarSounder’s dealer in Greece, recently commissioned a

Indonesian Marine Police to more ef-

FarSounder-500 on a re? t project of a 120m superyacht. Marel was contracted fectively enforce marine law. Long- to supply, connect, integrate, and commission the system. Chalkis Shipyard range cameras, used in concert with the in Greece mounted the sonar directly on the hull per the drawings provided

Rutter systems, aide in identi? cation of by the ship’s naval architect under the guidance and with the assistance of the the objects detected by the Rutter sys-

FarSounder technical team. tems.

“With a FarSounder-500 aboard, bridge of? cers expect to increase the ship’s

The Indonesian Marine Police oper- safety when approaching coastal shallow water areas” said Kyriakos Alexo- ate out of Jakarta and conduct surveil- poulos of Marel Electronics. “Up to now, they had to rely on tenders and divers lance and enforcement in Indonesian to check the seabed and waters ahead.” Navigating of? cers who use the Far- seas, chie? y in inshore areas. They

Sounder-500 are able to see a live, intuitive, 3D image of what is beneath the are primarily responsible for enforc- surface ahead of the ship. As an additional safety measure, operators can set ing compliance with maritime laws and automated alarms to be alerted of danger before it is too late. The FarSounder regulations, and other civil responsi- 3D Forward Looking Sonar with no moving parts is a simple addition during bilities including immigration and drug the re? t process and integratable with many bridge systems.

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