Kongsberg Norcontrol has upgraded the Norwegian Coastal Administration’s five Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Centres with the new C-Scope Decision Support tool. The VTS Centres now have a state of the art VTS system with intelligent multi-sensor tracking providing an integrated real-time VTS Traffic Image for informed decision making, Kongsberg said in its press release.
The Norwegian VTS Centres of Kvitsøy, Horten, Fedje, Vardø and Brevik have all been upgraded to the new C-Scope VTS system from Kongsberg Norcontrol (KNC). The new system integrates several sensor types and correlates this with multiple real-time and non-real-time data sources.
Kongsberg Norcontrol’s C-Scope VTS system supports the VTS Operator’s tasks in an even more efficient way than previously. Sophisticated decision support alerts enable faster identification of potentially dangerous traffic situations at sea. By configuring various alerting criteria, i.e. vessel class, speed over ground, wind speed, the VTS Operator receives prior warnings enabling early identification and the management of risk.
KONGSBERG is an international, knowledge-based group delivering high technology systems and solutions to clients within the oil and gas industry, merchant marine, defence and aerospace. KONGSBERG has 7 000 employees located in more than 25 countries and total revenues of NOK 15.8 billion in 2016.