Cruise & Ferry Review - Autumn/Winter 2020

Improving tugboat safety New electronic inclinometer from Daniamant features a traffic light system for quick and easy monitoring Danish marine safety equipment manufacturer Daniamant has recently launched DanEI-300T, a tugboat version of its electronic inclinometer. It has been designed for ease of use with a traffic light system, meaning that the captain of the vessel and the crew can continuously see the heeling of the tug. If this goes from green to amber, a clear audible alarm sounds and the same happens for the transition from amber to red. Combining new technology like very advanced electronic devices and sophisticated mathematical algorisms with new rules and regulations, it allows for increased safety and operational awareness for escort and other tugboats. Rapid detection MOBtronic, a new surveillance system from MARSS, alerts the crew within 300 milliseconds of someone falling overboard MARSS – developer of systems for asset protection and life-saving – has introduced MOBtronic, an intelligent Man Overboard (MOB) surveillance system designed for cruise vessels and super yachts. MOBtronic automatically detects man overboard incidents, alerting crew within 300 milliseconds for search and rescue, and tracks fallen passengers in the water for up to three kilometres. The system combines micro-radars, infrared cameras and video analytics, and is integrated with other security systems and sensors – accessed through a single platform – for crew to monitor, control and react. MOBtronic is the only MOB system that complies with ISO and Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act requirements, and will also detect climbers attempting to scale the sides of a vessel, protecting cargo, crew and passengers from intruders. Collecting data to benefit all mariners FarSounder gathers bathymetric data from its cruise customers and shares the digital bathymetry with crowdsourced database FarSounder is crowdsourcing bathymetric data – information about the depths and shapes of underwater terrain – from ships that have transited areas such as the Northwest Passage and a cruise from Boston to Antarctica. The data collection will be used to help develop new processing methods and algorithms. Users reap the benefits of these engineering efforts, fed by their contributions, through no-cost software updates. In addition, FarSounder’s goal is to offer a system where ships can share the data they collect with the rest of their fleet. As a participant in the joint International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) working group for crowdsourced bathymetry and a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-trusted node, FarSounder submits its findings to the IHO/NOAA data centre for Digital Bathymetry’s crowdsourced database. 1 4 8