Feature 2 | GERMANY Building on a new Synapsis
German-based Rayetheon Anschütz gets approval and sees orders for its latest integrated bridge system
Anschütz and is the first type approved navigation system according to IMO’s latest performance standards for integrated navigation systems (INS), claims the company. The INS performance standards are
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specified in the IMO resolution MSC. 252(83) and apply to all newbuildings since 1 January 2011 where integrated navigation systems are installed. According to the standards, an INS is required to integrate the tasks of collision avoidance, route monitoring, route planning, navigation control data display, status and data display and a centralised human-machine interface for alert management on multi-functional displays. “IMO’s new INS rules are focused on two subjects: Ease of operation and system safety”, Andreas Lentfer, director of business developments, Raytheon Anschütz says. The company says that by requiring
additional functions and a higher degree of system integration, the new standards help making navigation safer and bridge operations simpler and more efficient. Every INS is now required to feature a consistent common reference system (CCRS) to provide ship wide consistent sensor information management. The system monitors all navigation
sensors and automatically selects the best available data. Another major improvement
he Synapsis bridge control
system is the next generation of Bridge systems from Raytheon
is the intelligent handling and processing of alarms, warnings and cautions within a centralised alert management system, which helps to avoid unnecessary multiple alerts on the bridge. A key element of Synapsis Bridge Control
is the multifunctional workstations, which can replace stand-alone displays
like
ARPA radars, ECDIS or conning displays. Standardised hardware and software allow customising bridge systems for any ship’s requirements in a standardised, but flexible manner. Te developed soſtware framework controls all configurations, functional tasks and displays of the bridge workstations but also provides flexibility for system upgrades and extensions. In addition Raytheon Anschütz has
been awarded the contract for the supply of its Synapsis system to two heavy-liſt vessels for Jumbo shipping, which are under construction at Brodosplit shipyard, Croatia. The delivery of the two K-3000
heavy-liſt vessels is scheduled for 2013 with an option for a third vessel. The vessels will be 152m long and have a liſting capacity of 3,000tonnes, will service international transport and offshore installation programmes. Te INS includes S-band- and X-band
radar sensors, which are configured as full wide-screen multifunctional workstations for chart radar, radar, ECDIS and conning. Two additional multifunctional workstations with the same configuration
serve as main and backup ECDIS, another multifunctional workstation with ECDIS and conning function will be supplied for route planning purposes. Additionally, the bridge will be equipped with two fixed-role conning displays. Within the INS all workstations will be
connected through a redundant Ethernet- based local area network (LAN). Relevant navigation data such as charts, routes and sensor information can be shared within the network and stored independently on each system. Te integrated consistent common reference
system (CCRS)
will monitor all navigation sensors and automatically selects the best available data. On all conning displays within the INS,
the operator can access the human machine interface (HMI) of the new CCRS to observe sensor quality or switch over to manual sensor selection mode as needed. The conning also includes a new page for central alert monitoring. Te intelligent handling and processing of alarms, warnings and cautions within a centralised alert management system will avoid unnecessary multiple alerts on the bridge. For manual and automatic steering
control, Raytheon Anschütz will be providing equipment from the new NautoSteer AS series and the adaptive NautoPilot 5300. The scope of supply is completed with a double Anschütz Standard 22 gyro compass system, the full package of navigation sensors, and GMDSS radio communication equipment. NA
Synapsis Bridge Control is Raytheon Anschütz’s latest generation Integrated Navigation System
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The Naval Architect September 2012
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