Triteq Ltd has designed a secure vessel monitoring system, which assists global asset management and monitoring of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) by tracking fishing fleets at sea.
AzurTrac from BlueFinger, one of the world's leading suppliers of Fisheries Vessel Monitoring Systems, provides intelligent position reporting and Inmarsat-C based data communication from vessels at sea. According to Louise Fairley, Marketing Manager at Triteq, the company was appointed by BlueFinger to improve and update an existing product. “The previous AzurTrac design, whilst effective, needed to be brought up to date. The environment in which it operates demanded new security features to protect the data, manage the power and record attempts to tamper with it, all integrated into a robust casing.”With illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing increasing, AzurTrac now meets the requirements of vessel monitoring legislation such as The International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) and Fisheries management. And, with improved functionality designed-in, AzurTrac ensures fleet managers or the appropriate monitoring authorities receive effective, uncorrupted, accurate data.
Additional features include, GPS positioning, programmable reporting, intelligent power management with battery back-up, zone-in-zone monitoring, zone, route and speed identification and catch reporting software.
The new adaptation is backwards compatible with previous versions that are currently in operation worldwide, monitoring fleets in countries such as Greece, Ghana and Mozambique. BlueFinger has already delivered solutions worldwide to countries as diverse as Namibia and the United Kingdom. It provides EEZ management solutions to coastal states that cover all aspects of Coastal Surveillance, Monitoring and Control, and specialises in providing low cost, effective solutions that can be fully integrated to provide an accurate picture of the maritime environment.
