(bymnews.com) The Norwegian Navy has signed a new Long Term System Support Program (LTSSP) agreement with Kongsberg Maritime, which represents the most sophisticated simulation support package that the leading maritime simulation developer has ever provided to a naval customer. The agreement consolidates the Norwegian Navy’s numerous simulation systems in order to reduce contractual overhead, providing [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2008
IMO to back mandatory ECDIS
(thedigitalship.com) The years of debate about the mandatory carriage of ECDIS (electronic chart display information systems) seem to be close to a conclusion, with reports from IMO’s NAV54 subcommittee meetings suggesting that members have reached a consensus in favour of making the technology a required fit for ocean going vessels. While confirmation of this decision [...]