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Wärtsilä has developed a system in order to assist the ships in phase of maneuver
It allows to visualize previewed the future position and direction of the unit
March 14, 2017
The Finnish group Wärtsilä Corporation has developed a system of aid to navigation that has the specific scope to reduce the risks in phase of maneuver. The new SmartPredict system, that it is introduced by the company to the crocieristica fair international Seatrade Cruise Global that is on to Fort Lauderdale, in Florida, allows to visualize previewed the future position and direction of the ship and uses algorithms of analysis of the dynamic positioning in order to estimate the forces that have an impact on the ship.
Wärtsilä has specified that the majority of the conventional systems of positioning is limited as uses parameters of income of base, while that realized from the Finnish company is based on all the parameters used for the automated control of the dynamic positioning and them rule on the base of the characteristics of maneuver of the specific ship.
"Allowing with the operator to preview this that it will happen - it has explained Maik Stoevhase, director ANC & Integrated Systems, Electrical & Automation di Wärtsilä Marine Solutions - decisions can be assumed on the maneuver notice and sure, so reducing the risk of incidents that can be verified".
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