The certificates were issued by Det Norske Veritas for ECDIS and Bundesamt for Seeshifffarht und Hydrographie for Navi-Radar respectively. Navi-Radar 4000 is considered to represent an important step forward for the marine division of Transas Group.

Alexander Sosonkin, chief design engineer of Transas Navigation said, 'With regard to the new Navi-Radar certificate, Transas has successfully converted to the new 4000 series, significantly improving the quality of the radar display. It is important that by certifying this product we’ve already partly covered the requirements of the new IEC 62388 standard for marine radar equipment, which comes into force in the middle of this year.'

Transas Navi-Sailor 4000 MFD is a new product developed by Transas which integrates the company’s type approved ECDIS, chart-radar and conning display software in to the one system similar to that of an Integrated Navigation System (INS). This gives the mariner the ability to switch between applications at the touch of a button.

An approval has also been issued for the company’s Track Control System (TCS) to Class C, with two new auto-pilots for Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS benefitting large capacity vessels.

In addition to its new approved navigational systems, Transas has also announced that Danish ship owner Nørresundby Rederi A/S will equip a series of seven vessels with Transas Dual ECDIS systems, Navi-Sailor 3000-i.

Two sets of SVDRs have been ordered for simultaneous installation. Delivery and installation procedures are to take place this year and in early 2009. The vessels will, upon installation of the Navi-Sailor ECDIS units, operate ‘paperless’ using SENC charts supplied through Transas Scandinavia. Nørresundby Rederi A/S operates nine vessels, ranging between 1,300 and 4,000 GRT which trade in North European waters including the Faroe Islands.