Homeland security solutions from CanadaOSI shows new navigation solutions

The need for more secure ships and ship-borne cargo is leading to the deployment of an ever-increasing number of sensors, monitors, and other tracking devices to keep watch of what cargo comes on board and what happens to it while on board. More and more ships are also being monitored to see what ports they stop at and what routes they take. There is a need to gather and manage all the information thus collected. North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based Offshore Systems International (TSX: OSI) (OTCBB: OFSYF) (OSI) has released a new Integrated Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) and Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR) for the commercial shipping market. This new products meet newly mandated International Maritime Organization (IMO) carriage requirements. The S-VDR records and stores data collected from navigational sensors, control systems, radio traffic, bridge microphones, integrity sensors, and alarms.”

Under the latest International Maritime Organization (IMO) carriage requirements, all existing ships over 3,000 gross tons engaged in international voyages must install an S-VDR by 1 July 2010. This means that about 30,000 ships will be required to install an S-VDR. OSI is working with Radio Holland Group to establish an agreement to provide its customers with installation, maintenance, and certification services in major ports around the world. Radio Holland Group is an independent, global group of companies specializing in the supply, installation, and service of maritime electronics.”

OSI Navigation Systems focuses on marine navigation systems for electronic geography. This OSI business unit is the world leader in the development of military electronic chart systems, but it also has a considerable presence in commercial shipping (OSI has equipped approximately 80 percent of the commercial vessels that sail the Canadian and U.S. Great Lakes).