Wärtsilä launches SmartPredict to provide safer ship manoeuvring guidance
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Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 13 March 2017 at 10 am EET
The technology group Wärtsilä launches its latest innovation SmartPredict at
this year's Seatrade Cruise Global exhibition in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from
March 13 to 16. Developed by the company's Dynamic Positioning unit,
SmartPredict is designed to provide safer and more efficient vessel operations
by reducing the risks associated with manoeuvring.
The system displays the vessel's predicted future position and heading, and uses
proven dynamic positioning (DP) analysis algorithms to evaluate forces affecting
the vessel, thereby providing advanced motion prediction. SmartPredict also
features a configurable prediction time display.
Most conventional prediction systems are able to utilise only basic input
parameters, and thus offer limited usability. Wärtsilä's SmartPredict software
module, however, utilises all of the parameters used for automated control by
the DP and adjusts them for the motion characteristics of the specific vessel.
Such inputs include the vessel's current position and heading, as well as its
velocity and rate of turn and all associated accelerations. Also taken into
consideration are the manual commands from the coordinated control joystick, and
environmental input from the onboard wind sensor(s). These factors are all
continuously evaluated to provide a constant updating of the vessel's path.
"Allowing the operator to see into the future enables smarter and safer ship
handling decisions to be made, thus lowering the risk of accidents occurring.
We see SmartPredict as being an important step towards more automated
procedures, such as docking, and eventually fully autonomous vessel
manoeuvring," says Maik Stoevhase, Director, ANC & Integrated Systems,
Electrical & Automation, Wärtsilä Marine Solutions.
The Wärtsilä user interfaces provide a simple, intuitive display, allowing the
operator to toggle on or off the 'ghost ship' indicators for the predicted
positions. This display also allows the user to configure the time steps for the
predictions. Fully compatible with the Electronic Chart Display & Information
System (ECDIS) overlay function, SmartPredict provides clear indications of
potential dangers during ship manoeuvring, thus immediately increasing the
safety and efficiency of operations.
More information can be found here:
Wärtsilä SmartPredict
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Caption: Looking into the future with Wärtsilä SmartPredict.
Media contacts:
Mr Michael Ford
General Manager, Commercial Operations, Marine Solutions
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel. +1 858 382-7119
michael.ford(at)wartsila.com
Ms Marit Holmlund-Sund
Senior Manager Marketing, Communications, Marine Solutions
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel: +358 10 709 1439
marit.holmlund-sund(at)wartsila.com
Wärtsilä in brief:
Wärtsilä is a global leader in advanced technologies and complete lifecycle
solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable
innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and
economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2016,
Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.8 billion with approximately 18,000
employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 70
countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
www.wartsila.com
This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Wärtsilä Oyj Abp via GlobeNewswire
Unternehmensinformation / Kurzprofil:
Datum: 13.03.2017 - 09:00 Uhr
Sprache: Deutsch
News-ID 529661
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