Drydocks World-Dubai has installed a trial version of a Grounding Avoidance System on the 46,803-tonne oil tanker, 'British Tenacity' for BP Shipping.
The installation of such a system on a sea vessel is an industry first.
Personnel from Drydocks World-Dubai worked for twelve days to modify 'British Tenacity's' bow and fabricate the structures required to accommodate the system's transducers and a new navigation display system on the vessel.
Drydocks World-Dubai's fabrication workshop used approximately eleven tonnes of Grade A steel to fabricate the refurbished bow area.
The Grounding Avoidance System, developed by Marine Electronics in conjunction with BP Shipping, is a three-dimensional, forward-looking sonar system that helps identify obstacles anywhere in the water column up to a range of one kilometre.
This technology, which is being trialed, was installed on the vessel, with the project completed ahead of the Nor-Shipping 2009 exhibition and conference to be held in Norway from June 9 to 12.
For further information contact:
