Integrated Navigation Systems for Tankers28/09/2009 |
| Northrop Grumman Corporation's Sperry Marine business unit is to supply integrated bridge systems (IBS) for four new product tankers being built in Brazil. The Estaleiro Mauá shipyard, near Rio de Janeiro, will build the four ships for delivery to Transpetro, the shipping arm of Petrobras, the Brazilian state oil company. |
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Sperry Marine is supplying a complete VisionMaster FT IBS, with WideView high-resolution displays. The system includes a three-node electronic chart display and information system, navigation radars, adaptive self-tuning autopilot, voyage data recorder, speed and heading sensors, and other navigation components. Sperry Marine's sales and service representative in Brazil, Vision Marine Ltda, will be responsible for installation, commissioning and servicing the equipment on the vessels.
The four-ship order at the Mauá shipyard is part of Transpetro's multi-billion-dollar modernisation and renewal program for its tanker fleet, involving the construction of some 42 ships at Brazilian shipyards.
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