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VTS SeaWatch^®

MARITIME SITUATION ANALYSIS

SeaWatch® is a vessel trafic services solution dedicated to the surveillance of sensitive areas.

It is designed for players who want to control their knowledge of coastal approaches or sensitive areas such as commercial ports, military harbors, offshore or wind farms, or marine protected areas.

The VTS SEAWATCH solution is an innovative development for real-time monitoring and control of maritime traffic. Interconnectable with multiple sensors, the solution analyzes ship behavior and identifies any abnormal or suspicious behavior.

In details :

Full Web solutions with secure access by OTA
Real-time monitoring of the maritime situation in the critical zone and its approaches.
User-defined rules for abnormal behavior detection.
Artificial intelligence for maritime traffic analysis.
Replay of a past event via a replay function (trafic, videos…)
Automatic recording of alerts (creation of a share link) and replay (basic duration 1 month).
Documented computer interface (api) for adding
Export/Import data (vessels/zones/rules/alerts) to another system trough IVEF format.
Broadcast information and alerts in real time:
- cooperative vessels (protection/maintenance vessels, etc.).
- to the relevant authorities (cross, maritime police, etc.).
- to the platform administrators.

Sensors and communication methods

In order to connect different sensors, SeaWatch is supplied with standard interfaces: NMEA 183, ASTERIX (Radar), RTSP stream, OnVIF (EOS), VoIP (Communications).

With experience gained from several deployments, ATHANOR can assist you in choosing sensors from leading suppliers. With regard to AIS, ATHANOR is able to supply base stations that comply with IALA or military standards (STANAG 4668 & 4669).

Standards and regulations

VTS complies with IMO standards for maritime surveillance, in particular:

General standard for the design, operation and management of a VTS (IALA S1040)
Requirements for the qualification of VTS personnel (IALA S1050)
Data management, information exchange and VTS reporting (IALA S1070)
Functional and technical requirements for VTS equipment (Recommendation R0128)
Requirements for the use and presentation of symbols/displays in a VTS centre (Recommendation R0125)
Guidelines for establishing functional and performance requirements for VTS systems and equipment (Guidelines IALA G1111)

Use of artificial intelligence (AI)

Integration of a hybrid rules engine, to “understand” the meaning of alerts.

User-defined rules automatically parameterized by AI.

Adaptation to the real situation in the field requires a learning curve of around ten days (or several months, if seasonal phenomena are taken into account);

Image analysis for complete visibility of maritime traffic: Detection and recognition of ship type and positioning.

Map

Vectoriel : S-57, S-63, S-101
Raster

Coastal monitoring

SeaWatch is a modular solution for covering coastal approaches by adding sensors (radars, cameras, AIS stations). Additional sensors can be added at a later date, and are simply connected to the SeaWatch server via the Remote Sensor Box.

The scope and performance of coastal traffic monitoring depends on the sensors deployed, and can range from monitoring a single bay to an entire coastline.

Existing sensors can also be connected.

Commercial port surveillance

SeaWatch monitors ports and their approaches, detecting threats to maritime security. Alerts are shared with those in charge of port surveillance.

Cameras detect ships and identify ship types.

Monitoring wind farms

SeaWatch enables the surveillance of offshore wind farms, detecting and tracking any vessels in and around the area.

Alerts are raised and shared in the event of any infringement of regulations applicable to navigation in wind farms.

Offshore field monitoring

SeaWatch monitors offshore fields, identifying any threat to the safety or security of installations.

The identification of cooperative vessels makes it possible to distinguish which vessels are authorized to approach the installations (“badge” function).