Monitoring & Control

As vessels become more like a floating office, there’s an increasing trend towards remote monitoring and maintenance, especially since it can lead to significant cost savings for ship owners.

Warm coastal areas can cause all sorts of problems with the efficient running of water cooled engines, but box coolers can create another layer of problems.

Kongsberg Maritime’s Bearing Wear Condition Monitoring (BWCM) system can help avoid open-up inspections, reducing engine downtime and maintenance costs.

A fresh approach to the problem of underwater positioning is possible with the new VA500 Altimeter, especially when paired with the company’s highly accurate pressure sensor, says Kevin Edwards of Valeport.

A sophisticated motor control system is central to the operation of the UT-1 submersible ultra-trencher, the world’s most powerful jetting ROV.

Stabilizer systems have been around for a long time, but typically only used on larger vessels.

The new AMOT EL internally sensed temperature control valve from AMOT Controls hasa much higher pressure rating than the previous EO model.

Offshore Systems UK Ltd has introduced a new Relay Output Module which enables modules of up to eight completely isolated power relays to be controlled by the NMEA 2000 network.

Warwickshire UK based marine sanitation specialist LeeSan has started to market TruDesign products in the UK.

Newbury UK based control systems supplier Radamec will have its new DARAD Alarm and Monitoring System available to be seen working on Stand SB129 at Seawork 2011