Chennai:
Chennai
Port’s safety as well as security has been upgraded to international standards
with the inauguration of state-of-the-art Vessel Traffic Management System
(VTMS) here on Friday.
Speaking
after inaugurating the Rs 9.82 crore VTMS, Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan
told reporters that the port has been monitoring the traffic movement of ships
by contacts through very high frequency (VHF) system and now VTMS will
facilitate monitoring and advise the commercial vehicle traffic for further
increasing the efficiency in surveillance and tracking vessel movements in
Chennai limits.
Vasan
said VTMS will have auto identification system (AIS), radar system and
communication links enabling operators to manage vessel traffic, monitor the
environment and support port and harbour resources.
The
system shall optimize the improvement in safety of vessel traffic, allocation
of berth, prevent accidental stranding, collision of vessels besides trenching
of sub-sea pipelines.
All
channels, pipelines, guard zones, anchoring zones will be graphically displayed
superimposed on the radar picture. This system will be helpful in providing
information to vessels during inclement weather conditions.
Interestingly,
Indian Navy and Coast Guard will also be procuring video remote display feeds
from Chennai Port’s VTMS.
He
said VTMS will also enhance safety by professional handling of vessel traffic,
facilitate protection of the marine environment and monityoring of
international ship and port facility security (ISPS) compliance for waterfront
areas of the port.
Interestingly,
VTMS also has special features for oil spill detection, underwater surveillance
and provision to incorporate webs server, distribute video remote display feeds
to other stake holders like Indian Navy, coast guard, portable pilot units and
emergency response facility.
The
system is also equipped with a camera which can zoom in and follow any
unidentified or rogue crafts in Chennai harbour. It also has a built in vehicle
traffic service logging and replay which is similar to the black box in the
aircraft and has a capability to record and display all types of tracks like
radarn and AIS with very high frequency voice. “This will facilitate us to
replay any incident that has taken place. We can also incorporate the voice
data from any phone and voice from the Vehicle Traffic service (VTS) room along
with date and time,” said a port official.
Salient
features:
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VTMS has third generation C-Scope Radar Extractor and tracker which gives clear
pictures even in inclement weather
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It has inbuilt radar based oil detection system
--- The system is ready to take on additional
sensors like underwater diver detection and submarine detection
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