ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Vision

ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Vision is a continuous electronic lookout that supports bridge crew with enhanced situational awareness and operational advice. The system merges various sensor data, performes risk assessments and provides real-time operational support. With full digital visibility, it enables remote operation and monitoring, and provides the starting point for stepwise autonomous operations.

 

Complete situational awareness

By combining visual, sensor and chart observations, the system provides a complete overview around your vessel, highlighting relevant information through all phases of the voyage.

Keep reliable continuous and predictive lookout

Humans tend to  struggle with keeping a good wide-angle overview over time, detecting slow gradual change, and keeping an overview when there are many things happening at once. The system does this for you.

Reduce potential for accidents

Early alert of possible collision danger and advise to avoid any obstacles. The system shows actual distance to and motion of all significant objects.

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Electronic lookout for increased ship safety

Maritime safety regulations have – and for valid reasons – traditionally been strict and have often developed in ways that could hold up innovation. Almost two decades after the remedy of ‘goal-based’ standards and ‘technical equivalence’ arrived at the IMO, rules based on risk assessment and functionality continue to face an uphill battle redefining safety culture

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ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Vision looks beyond human vision for ship automation

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Further benefits

Objective recording of operations in 360° view
Prove your vessel can operate close to customer assets, and keep on top of your vessel’s actual safety record to enable systematic follow up after near misses or incidents.

Easy to use system
Intuitive one-screen overview from across vessel systems, with touch operation and very small footprint.

Stepping stone to autonomous operations
The solution is easy to upgrade with further add-on autonomy functions over time. Being familiar with the Pilot family systems now, crews will learn faster and be more comfortable when more autonomous functionality is added later on.

 

For more insight

Whitepaper
Electronic lookout function for increased ship safety - Lookout requirements can be met by technology, supporting crews on board and increasing vessel safety


Traditionally, the navigational watch of ships consisted of the officer of the watch, the lookout and the helmsman. If the situation required enhanced safety, the watch could be extended with the master, a pilot and/or an additional
lookout. In this paper, the task is to evaluate the possibilities and challenges of substituting the function of the lookout with a technology-based
system.
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ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Vision - Modular Situational Awareness Platform


ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Vision takes advantage of the latest advances in sensor technology and computer vision to offer multiple real-time visualizations of a vessel’s surroundings and new ways of perceiving a vessel’s situation.

 

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