ONBOARD Magazine summer 2021

BRIDGE
coral reefs, sand bars and so forth. And
for ‘explorer-style’ yachts, the system will
detect icebergs and large whales.
FarSounder’s Cassie Stetkiewicz told me,
“Yachts can encounter ‘challenges’ in shallow
water on a regularly basis and Argos sonar
navigation systems can detect and warn of
dangers up to 350m specified at 18 knots,
500m at 20 knots or up to 1000m at 25
knots ahead of the vessel, depending upon
which model they choose.
“We don’t include monitors or displays with
our systems, however our standard bridge
software provides a highly advanced graphical
user interface such that our data can be
displayed on a dedicated or shared screen
KONGSBERG MARITIME
Kongsberg Maritime is a global technology
company providing ‘Full Picture’ solutions
for yachts. Headquartered in Norway,
Kongsberg Maritime has manufacturing,
sales and service facilities in 40 countries.
Kongsberg Maritime integrated solutions
includes propulsion and thruster solutions,
stabilizers, electrical systems and energy
storage, marine automation and energy
management, safety, manoeuvring,
navigation, and dynamic positioning
together with ship design services. For
expedition yachts, sophisticated sonars
and echo sounders are available for seabed
mapping, obstacle avoidance, bottom
detection and navigation. Kongsberg
Maritime is part of Kongsberg Gruppen,
suppling high-technology products,
systems and solutions.
For more details Tel: +47 33 03 24 07
or visit www.kongsberg.com/maritime
Situational awareness is designed to mitigate the
risks navigators face, especially in poor weather
conditions, congested waters or at night
on many types of displays. In addition, our
Software Development Kit (SDK) enables
developers to integrate our 3D images
directly into their products.”
THE TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT FROM
COMMERCIAL MARINE
In addition to bridge technology specifically
developed for yachts, the trickle-down effect
from commercial marine means a wider range
of options will eventually become available
across both sectors. Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and Augmented Reality (AR), for example,
are closely related examples that illustrate
the point.
Kongsberg Maritime, for example, have their
SeaEye and SeaAware products enabling
navigators and captains to ‘see what the
human eye cannot’.
SeaAware fuses radar and electro-optical
sensors, together with attitude, positioning
and AIS sensor data to provide reliable
information on all static and moving objects
inside the coverage area. The navigator is
provided with this information automatically
from a single source, removing the need for
manual tuning of sensors and correlating
their outputs.
SeaEye is a camera platform with a compact
and hardwearing housing with cameras
configurable 40 to 360 degrees coverage
designed to cope in a maritime environment.
Machine vision CMOS technology enables
crystal clear imagery across all scenarios,
with unrivalled pixel precision, including in
low-light.
Roger from Kongsberg Maritime, told
me, “The system is the first of our Ship
Intelligence, remote and autonomous
solutions to be developed for commercial
marine application. Combining multiple
sensors with intelligent software, situational
awareness is designed to mitigate the risks
navigators face, especially in poor weather
conditions, congested waters or at night.”
“Other instances could be, for example,
when using situational awareness to detect
quay positions, and by using the all-speed
autopilot to ‘park.’ Or using situational
ONBOARD | SUMMER 2021 | 55