TRUE
HEADING DELIVERS AIS ATON BEACON TO
PORT OF STOCKHOLM
First AIS Aid to Navigation
in Sweden Deployed
True Heading, leading
manufacturer of Automatic Identification System (AIS) solutions, GPS compasses
and app navigation, announced today that it has supplied an AIS Aid to
Navigation (ATON) beacon to the Port of Stockholm, Sweden.
Located at Stockholm
Stream (Stockholm Ström) and the first of its kind in Sweden, local authorities
launched a new buoy with the True Heading ATON transponder to assist commercial
and recreational ships moving in and out of the busy harbor. Navigation buoys traditionally
are marked with lights; however, to make this buoy more visible to mariners,
the True Heading AIS ATON transmitter will send its position to AIS equipped
vessels.
AIS transmitters
on buoys and beacons provide increased awareness and safety when visibility is
poor, regardless of the weather and the situation at sea. Additionally, if the
buoy becomes detached from the seafloor the transponder will broadcast current
position to warn mariners that it is no longer located at the correct marked
location. A buoy’s operational status that changes can also be broadcast using
the transponder.
“AIS technology
is designed to give mariners another tool in watch keeping,” says Jens
Johansson, CEO, True Heading. “The most important way to avoid maritime
disasters is to have the best situational awareness. AIS provides an incredible
advantage when it comes to eliminating interpretation errors. With our new
transmitter, boaters can see on their displays that this buoy is marked and
what its current status is – even at night or in bad conditions.”
With over 40
years of combined experience in AIS development, True Heading along with its
recreational brand, Seapilot, offers a full range of solutions from aids to
navigation, Class A and B transponders and Satellite Compasses. For more
information on True Heading and its entire product line of commercial AIS and
navigation solutions, please visit www.trueheading.se/us.
Buoy at Ports of
Stockholm Seapilot App Screenshot