Intelligent monitoring enhances manoeuvring

BIMS is an innovative development to enhance capabilities for high performance manoeuvring. The new system is monitoring current forces and torque on the rudder while processing and storing the data in a computer unit. The unit can be integrated via standard interfaces into a vessel’s network to make current and processed rudder data available to any system also connected to the network. BIMS provides an additional input to improve or refine navigation, positioning, performance control and load monitoring. The first analysis of the force and torque data of operation in the North Sea gave an interesting perspective on the dynamics of manoeuvring and its complexity, considering seaway and vessel motion, etc.

The Becker Intelligent Monitoring System was developed by Becker Marine Systems in close cooperation with M.A.C. System Solutions and for dynamic positing applications as KBIMS, together with Kongsberg Maritime.