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Humber VTS Upgrade Completed

Kongsberg Norcontrol IT has completed an extensive £1.1m upgrade to the Humber Estuary VTS in the UK. Associated British Ports (ABP) Hull & Goole commissioned the system to ensure safety of navigation as shipping traffic in the region increases year on year. 

The £1.1m upgrade to the Humber Estuary VTS includes new functions which aid hydrographic survey.
The £1.1m upgrade to the Humber Estuary VTS includes new functions which aid hydrographic survey.

The original VTS was installed at Spurn Point in 1994 and was extended the in 1997 with a new radar at Stone Creek and remote displays at King George Dock in Hull and data centres at Hull and Immingham. An AIS base station was later added at Spurn Point as well as further radar upgrades by ABP.

Kongsberg Norcontrol IT has now updated the complete system to the latest version of its VTMIS5060 at Spurn, Immingham and Hull. Spurn Point continues to provide the Humber Estuary VTS Centre functions, while Immingham has been configured for Disaster Recovery and Emergency operations. The project also included the updating of the existing VTMIS5060 modules and the introduction of new satellite centres at Goole and Grimsby. Two new Kongsberg base stations were installed in Hull and Goole to substantially extend the up river coverage of the system. Additionally, four new meteorological stations were added along the river. Two brand new software functions were developed specifically for this project to ease operations for the Hydrographical Department and seamlessly exchange data with ABP's Port And Vessel Information System (PAVIS).

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The £1.1m upgrade to the Humber Estuary VTS includes new functions which aid hydrographic survey.

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