MARIMATECH

Erik Brinch Nielsen, Managing Director, MARIMATECH, Denmark

SUMMARY

The Portable Piloting Unit (PPU) will be used in nearly all pilot
assisted operations within a few years. Technology has brought
the weight down, electronic charts are becoming more accurate,
and software has become more powerful and user friendly

INNOVATIVE PORTABLE PILOTING ASSISTANCE
(IPPA), REQUIREMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES.

Nordic Institute of Navigation Conference Oslo 15th june 2004.
By Erik Brinch Nielsen, MARIMATECH, Denmark.

FOREWORD

Increase safety, increase transportation effi ciency. Harbour management and pilots are dealing
with these issues all the time and the technology in the development of IPPA, AIS and VTS
is opening up for new opportunities to a major step to safety and transportation effi ciency if
the harbour management and pilots are prepared to take use of the new opportunities now
made available...

A SUMMARY OF THE LATEST MARITIME
NAVIGATION AND INFORMATION TOOLS,
THE BIGGEST LIFT EVER TO SAFETY.

Erik Brinch Nielsen, Managing Director, MARIMATECH, Denmark
Lloyds List Events, September 2002

Technology is running faster than human skills. Opportunities
are many. Sometimes it looks like chaos if you
do not follow the development very closely. Technology
is going so fast; we are constantly bombarded with
new methods so it is diffi cult to be impressed. The
reaction is: “what’s next”.

Erik Brinch Nielsen, Managing Director, MARIMATECH, Denmark

SUMMARY

Mooring hook load monitoring is becoming ever increasingly important when dealing with large ships. Correct mooring is vital for a safe operation. Too many incidents and accidents happen due to not paying enough attention to the mooring. New technologty has increased the safety remarkably trough a hook redesign, thus minimissing the human element.

Erik Brinch Nielsen, Managing Director, MARIMATECH, Denmark

SUMMARY

In general it is very difficult to collect information from the oil and gas terminal operators relating to incidents that occur in their daily operations. This is the case for both incidents of low priority as well as those of greater magnitude which lead to serious structural damages.

As ships keep getting bigger, timely delivery becomes ever more
important.

Handling of goods is reaching levels over and above
expectations. Increased efficiency without compromise to safety is just one of the issues of what is needed. Efficiency is many things, one such being the smooth and timely handling of ships. Even the smallest delay will cause problems, forcing harbours to think up all
matter of solutions to get ships in and out on time.

PILOTING TOOLS AND USE OF AIS

INTRODUCTION

The rapid implementation of AIS (Automatic Identifi
cation System) is now happening. How are we
going to benefi t from this major step in safety?
How is it implemented to date and does the user
understand how to use this new technology? If it
is not installed properly we face a new potential
risk that was certainly not the intention. Improper
implementation is to a large extent the responsibility
of the manufacturers. Future piloting tools will
not only rely on AIS. This article addresses these
issues with focus on the integration between AIS
and the Portable Pilot Unit (PPU)...

ABSTRACT

Altough the frequency of ship groundlings and collisions in harbours and waterways has reduced as a result of using new technology, they still continue to occur.

The first Berthing Aid Systems were built in the early 1970's to cover the need for the increasing VLCC fleet.

The technology was based on sonar that did not always operate satisfactorily due to failings on the under water sensors and turbulence in the water caused by the tugs. Ten years later, CW radar technology took over. It was an expensive technology that sometimes did not perform due to signal multipath.