SevenCs receives new approval from DNV GL
SevenCs, a navigation equipment and software expert from Hamburg, has created the first product to achieve compliance with a new DNV GL industry standard.
The ORCA Pilot G2 unit is the first worldwide to receive the newly developed DNV GL standard for the type approval of Portable Pilot Units (PPUs).
Sven Dudszus, head of business and production management at DNV GL, said: “We developed the type approval for PPUs, in order to allow ports, terminal operators and pilot organisations to assure a minimum standard in the selection process of their equipment, against which manufacturers of navigation equipment can test their products.”
“Our dedicated testing programme is based on the Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS).”
A PPU is a mobile computer-based system that a pilot can use as a decision-support tool for navigating in confined waters.
The latest PPUs can also be utilised to access more information about ice coverage and depth contours from recent hydro surveys, dynamic water levels and security zones.
SevenCs’ new ORCA Pilot G2 passed the test procedures for software and overall PPU.
Falk Bethke, approval engineer electrical systems and automation at DNV GL, said: “SevenCs has taken a proactive approach to ensuring their products fulfil the latest standards and requirements. The approval process went very smoothly.”
“The new industry standard establishes a set of minimum requirements for PPU quality but allows manufacturers to adjust their PPUs to pilots’ needs,” he concluded.
By Alice Mason
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