windfarm_ECDIS

Supercharge your ECDIS with surveillance features

Difficult tasks at sea need special features! Offshore operations are, as commonly known, challenging. The ECDIS NX by Anschütz therefore offers a range of optional functions that make working at sea easier, more efficient and safer.

  • Area alerts (geo object events) transform the ECDIS NX into a powerful surveillance tool: During the construction of wind farms and other construction sites at sea, guard vessels are on site to keep unwanted vessels away from the construction site. The more complex the area and the denser the traffic, the more difficult the task. With ECDIS NX, any geometric shapes can be drawn on the chart and enriched with complex alert rules. This allows very flexible and customised area alerts to be created. The alert rules cover all possible scenarios in connection with the behaviour of your own ship or target; even complex rules can be set up to filter specifically for the right vessels. For example, all vessels heading towards a specific sector of the warning zone can be identified and an alert can be raised.
  • Intercept enables the vessel to catch up with any suspicious target: Planning a meeting at sea is more difficult than a rendezvous on land. Two ships move at their own speed under the influence of currents and wind. It is a difficult task for the navigator to plot the right course and speed for his own ship so that the two ships meet at the desired time. This is especially true in the case of intercept manoeuvres by another uncooperative vessel. Using target data and current or manually set speed, the ECDIS NX can calculate instantaneously the interception course, rendezvous point and estimated time of arrival. The interception information is updated dynamically with changing input.
What are the new standards about?

ECDIS NX is a modern, powerful Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) with all the relevant functions for planning, managing and monitoring navigation. A large chart display and well-structured information create a high level of situational awareness, while all important functions are just a touch away. ECDIS NX is available as a stand-alone system or a multifunctional workstation.

Without any additional equipment, ECDIS NX can significantly simplify the surveillance tasks of offshore vessels with these functions. The crew is empowered in their actions and can act efficiently and quickly, clarify critical situations and ensure safety.