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Container specialist with a favourable position. To explain why the Port of Helsingborg makes a perfect location for container specialists, you only need to look at the map. Helsingborg lies in one of the most intensely populated and expansive <strong>No</strong>rdic regions, at the crossroads of rail and roadway traffic. Europe Highways 4 and 6 meet here. That’s why the Port of Helsingborg is one of the largest fruit and ferry ports in Sweden. Which means a port bustling with energy, where an increasing number of container specialists serve an ever-growing list of clients. Welcome to Helsingborg! Helsingborgs Hamn AB, Box 821, SE-251 08 Helsingborg, Sweden Phone +46 42106300 www.port.helsingborg.se Hilanders
Maersk Dunkerque. It perhaps ought not to be surprising that mariners prefer to stick to what they know. Even when it comes to the digital bridge and advanced radar chart plotters, experienced sailors do not always enjoy working with an unfamiliar system. It is not unheard of, for instance, for complaints to be made that a newer system such as Furuno has more data on screen and is therefore more confusing to work with than a more familiar competitor like Sperry’s Bridgemaster. In truth however the difference in the amount of information on each display is generally marginal. According to a senior trainer: “These reactions are not to be ignored, because in the end the mariner has to have confidence in the equipment. The Mark 1 Eyeball will always be the best technology on any bridge. However there are likely to be crucial decisions to be made on virtually every voyage where the radar and ECDIS stations are going to play key roles. Such equipment therefore needs to enjoy an officer’s confidence.” False plots occur Problems of false plots – or worse, unseen targets – are anomalies that can still crop up as the operator goes through different screen modes. Thus that a plot might be showing up on one screen on the bridge whereas it is not visible on a differently operator-configured screen close by. Engineers explain that the challenge here often lies in the size of the gates for the capturing information. Set too wide, they will produce too much; too low and too little. The IT & COMMUNICATIONS A high-tech trip across the English Channel NORFOLKLINE disappearing plot can occur when the operator selects viewing options where the information gate will hover between the two conditions. The physical configuration of navigation aids is relatively straightforward, but the controls on an advanced bridge can be a different matter. <strong>No</strong>rfolklines Maersk Dunkerque has – with her sister ships the Maersk Dover and the Maersk Delft – a state-of-the-art bridge with port and starboard control consoles on each bridge wing. Designed for swift and efficient docking to meet a demanding turnaround schedule, the wing positions have excellent deck views and CCTV pictures showing the opposite side of the ship. The bridge wing control consoles boast arrays of the thrusters, engine/propeller and rudder controls, which are best worked SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING GAZETTE • FEBRUARY 23, 2007 29
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