Aside from communication systems, navigation systems have been considered very highly among commercial vessels the past 20 years. The advancements in these kind of technology has not only been widely used but that more of our innovators are enhancing present capabilities to a more advance level. Such is the SCBIS supplied by Northrop Grunman Corp. running on Sperry Marine Voyage Management Systems (VMS) software. This combination will provide inputs from multiple navigation sensors for presentation on an integrated display, showing the ship’s position, movement and intended route in real time on a digital nautical chart. This enhances safety at sea by improving situational awareness for bridge watchstanders and liberating the ship’s navigators from the tedious and time-consuming chores of plotting on paper charts. The SCIBS package was designed to facilitate cost-effective retrofit of the VMS-based ECDIS-N technology on existing ships with a minimum of disruption. . The commercial VMS packages have been type approved by national maritime authorities and classification societies to meet International Maritime Organization performance standards for safe navigation. (Source: Sperry Marine News dated May 1, 2008)
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