Automated Shipping

GNSS dual-antenna system for automated shipping on inland waterways

In order for ships to arrive at their destinations as economically, quickly and safely as possible, it is sensible that a shipping guidance system be as automated as is technically feasible. A scientifically oriented institute (Max Planck) is currently working on such a system. The institute is taking advantage of JNSGyro-2, since this system gives the ship's heading reliably and precisely up to 20 times per second.

Coupled with precision sonar equipment, this system could also be deployed for the economic recording of seabed topography.

The use of ascos correction data enables centimeter-precise positioning throughout the journey.

On the basis of these and other data, maps of the inland waterway network can be automatically updated.