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  • The first day of the OI saw the launch of a new buoy product range – ToughBoy Panchax – produced by the Danish offshore specialist EIVA. “ToughBoy Panchax is a wave buoy designed to ensure the lowest possible total cost of ownership in the market achieved through a competitive purchase price together with low service and communications costs. This wave buoy is effectively a software product considering the wave algorithm, the data logging and remote monitoring, and as such it fits EIVA’s strengths perfectly,” said Jeppe Nielsen, CEO, EIVA.
    An integrated Teledyne RD Instruments ADCP and a thoroughly-tested, advanced wave sensor provide high-precision current and wave data. The settings and transmission are adjusted according to customer needs, keeping communications expenditures at a minimum.
    From harbor monitoring to wave energy studies and any type of wave and current measurement surveys in between, the ToughBoy Panchax is up to the task.
    Electronics with low power consumption and a battery based on intelligent charging technology ensure year-long battery life and thus long intervals between service inspections, that is, 12 months or more. This will cut the budget that is normally dedicated to inspections by at least 50%. The web-based software solution of the ToughBoy Panchax allows for remote configuration and monitoring, thereby simplifying data transmission. The acquired data is transmitted to the customer, to EIVA servers as a backup option and to USB drives on the buoy for on-site retrieval. This virtually eliminates the risk of data loss.
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    (As published in the April 2014 edition of Marine Technology Reporter - www.seadiscovery.com)

  • obstacles in general, and particular to shipping, that needs to be resolved before there is likely to be any mass adoption. These include communications costs, retrofitting aging ships, data storage and management, and the need in some cases to convert analog sensors to digital signals. One of the

  • . Beyond this, the IP-MobileCast service delivers large amounts of content to many ships at once, overcoming the prohibitively high satellite communications costs. The service enables seafarers in the middle of the ocean to have affordable access to daily digital newspapers, television news, sports updates

  • in June — has announced a number of deals with leading satellite communication companies — Xantic, Telenor and France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications — and has launched a new crew calling service for the marine business. The Xantic and Telenor agreements center on partners offering Iridium's voic

  • focusing on improving efficiencies for a single vessel or across an extensive fleet, there are additionally no integration headaches or other communications costs required.On-board technology identifies relevant data fast, uses it effectively, and supplies predictive analytics to help keep your vessels

  • at sea has had its fair share of starts and stops, largely driven by overriding economic conditions of the day as well as the stale notion that communications costs are an expense versus an investment, Tore Morten Olsen, Head of Maritime Services at Astrium Services, is witnessing a sea change in attitudes

  • answer.Meet Agile Marine TechnologiesAgile Marine’s ruggedized, longer-range hardware and services keep business going and connected while reducing communications costs. Although new to the commercial maritime space, this is also not their first rodeo.Sheryar Wahid, Agile’s co-founder and Chief Technical Officer

  • real saving of about 60 percent when taking the growth of our traffic volumes into account." During the January-June 2000 period the company's communications costs were between $900-1,100 per vessel per month, "which is considered to be a further, very satisfactory reduction in this area of operational

  • 1992 REVIEW The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), one of the most significant advances in marine communications history, will be phased in from now until February 1999. GMDSS will offer improved and reliable distress alerting and better facilities for distress location; increased

  • management information system developed by NAV-COM Incorporated of Deer Park, N.Y., to provide improved operating efficiencies and reduced communications costs for commercial shipping companies. NAV-COM offers a full suite of applications software with the system, including new programs for onboard spar

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