{"id":9631,"date":"2016-01-21T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2016\/01\/21\/mrad-supplies-navigation-systems-for-new-iandj-vessels\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T00:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:15:25","slug":"mrad-supplies-navigation-systems-for-new-iandj-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/electronics-communications\/mrad-supplies-navigation-systems-for-new-iandj-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"MRAD supplies navigation systems for new I&amp;J vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>Ferox <\/em>and the <em>Umlobi <\/em>have Simrad sonar technology newly-installed, which will significantly enhance the vessels\u2019 navigation and fishing intelligence capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMRAD has a long and fruitful history with I&amp;J as a supplier of onboard electronic equipment for navigation and fishing research,\u201d says Eddy Elschot, general manager of MRAD. \u201cWe were fortunate to secure an order for a new Simrad SX93 sonar for the <em>Umlobi<\/em>, which was fitted during the vessel\u2019s pre-delivery dry-docking in Norway. The Simrad SX93 is recognised as the best commercial and fisheries research sonar available today; and MRAD is proud to have been behind the procurement and installation of the equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian vessel <em>Umlobi <\/em>is not new, but will be I&amp;J\u2019s new flagship vessel. A 2,600 gross ton fishing trawler, the <em>Umlobi <\/em>(meaning \u2018fisherman\u2019 in Xhosa), will able to both catch and process all fish onboard.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Ferox <\/em>(from the Latin for \u2018fierce\u2019) is a newly-built 910 gross ton stern trawler, capable of fast turnarounds and delivering fresh fish to the V&amp;A Waterfront for further processing at I&amp;J\u2019s Woodstock plant in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <em>Ferox <\/em>represents a huge step forward in cutting-edge navigation and acoustic fish-finding technologies. The selection of the Simrad ES70 split beam fish-finder allows measurement of biomass, fish size and distribution of fish species within a school,\u201d says Mr Elshot. \u201cIn a nutshell, this allows the skipper to selectively and responsibly target the right size schools, avoiding both mixed and juvenile schools of fish.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine Radio Acoustic Devices (MRAD) has supplied the latest in onboard sonar technology for two vessels recently acquired by Irvin &amp; Johnson (I&amp;J).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-9631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronics-communications"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9633,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9631\/revisions\/9633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9631"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=9631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}