Pushing the Boundaries of Maritime Innovation for a Safer, Smarter, and More Efficient Future
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So, who are we?
Welcome to Automation, Navigation & Control Systems (ANCS). We are a leading provider of innovative hardware and software technologies that transform the way vessels operate. With a rich history of pioneering maritime solutions, we are dedicated to ensuring that vessels can navigate safely, efficiently, and in compliance with industry regulations.
What we offer?
Navigation
The navigation system contributes to safe Navigation and energy-efficient voyage execution by providing user-centric tools for voyage planning, voyage optimisation and collision avoidance. It provides unique flexibility, redundancy and scalability paired with an intuitive user interface.
Product spotlight:
Solid State S-Band and X-Band Radar
The next generation marine radar systems using a stabilised high-power solid-state transceiver. It utilises advanced signal processing technology. Improving safety and reliability of your navigation with optimised target detection under all environmental conditions.
Automation
The automation system is designed to enhance the level of awareness, safety, and control over every ship’s operational aspect, from a small standalone Alarm Monitoring System to larger Integrated Modular Architecture. It’s a set of unique and integrated tools that enhance focus attention to where it’s needed the most, optimise work and daily tasks flow, event analysis, incident management and decision support tools to take monitoring and safety to next level.
Product spotlight:
NACOS Connect: Empowering Seamless Maritime Operations
NACOS Connect is making it easier than ever to optimise and maintain onboard systems. Built with our customers in mind, it’s a great add-on to the NACOS System by boosting functionality and making maintenance simpler. The result? Safer, more efficient, and dependable maritime operations.
NACOS Connect features 4 core offerings:
1. OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture)
With uninterrupted, high-resolution data streaming from automation systems, OPC UA gives us the power to deliver secure, scalable insights for internal analytics—all while keeping costs down and systems running smoothly.
2. Remote Mimics
With our Remote Mimics, the NACOS Platinum interface is now web-based, making it accessible anywhere—onboard, at a control centre, or even from an office.
3. Remote Maintenance
By leveraging internet connectivity, our NACOS experts can remotely maintain systems and resolve issues faster—without the need for an engineer to be physically present.
4. Replay Mimics
A complete data replay of the automation system, including 1 to 1 replica of onboard Mimics, gives remote users a full overview for seamless incident investigation and enhanced operational insights.
Dynamic Positioning (DP)
The dynamic positioning system ensures that the thrusters and rudders hold the vessel at a specific heading and position despite environmental forces that might drive ships off-station. It uses inputs from one or more heading sensors combined with position inputs from one or more position reference sensors to precisely control the vessel’s heading and position.
Product spotlight:
SmartDock
SmartDock provides truly automated docking for ferries and other vessels. By providing consistent and repeatable docking, the system increases safety and reduces fuel consumption. Smart Dock offers the first step in vessel autonomy with provided docking sensors for seamless operation.
Sensors
The sensors, provided by Guidance Marine, based on laser and radar technology can provide both local position information (where the vessel is relative to its surroundings), and also situational awareness (regarding what is around the close vicinity of the vessel). This ensures you always have complete view and control of your surroundings, without GNSS gaps and lags.
Product spotlight:
Scenescan
Trusted targetless laser navigation
A high-accuracy rotating laser sensor which provides tracking information relative to natural or man-made structures within the sensor field of view. Most importantly, it doesn’t use reflector targets!
RangeGuard
The marinised version of a parking sensor
A targetless radar measuring the distance to the nearest object. It is a plug and play proximity radar to detect unseen objects for vessel protection. With the size of today’s vessels, more variable crew skills and greater bridge complexity, hazard detection is essential for safer operations.
Feature Spotlight
Guidance Marine is the ONLY company that provides targetless solutions for both laser and radar applications within the maritime industry, including windfarms.