Coastal surveillance equipment is employed as a way to provide service for vessel traffic and security surveillance. With increased amounts of coastline and territorial waters to be monitored and managed for security, safety and environmental protection, coastline surveillance systems need to incorporate real-time traffic data and have the ability to highlight “vessels of interest.” These systems need to operate without constant operator intervention.
There are customizable coastal surveillance systems, those that can easily integrate into existing equipment as well as stand-alone systems that can operate across multiple sites and filter through a central command center.
Coastal vessel traffic service systems ensure safety and efficiency of ship traffic traveling through high-risk areas such as wind farms and restricted areas.
Coastal surveillance systems with real-time operating systems assist maritime workers by providing classification, detection and identification of all vessels. Potential threats are targeted and land and sea forces can be deployed to defuse the situation and re-route the threat.
Coastal surveillance equipment should:
- Improve maritime and coastal security
- Be able to detect and identify vessels at long ranges
- Prevent ships from entering sensitive, dangerous or prohibited areas
- Prevent drug trafficking, smuggling or illegal immigration
- Detect oil spills
- Coordinate search and rescue efforts
In addition to the above duties the equipment should also be able to:
- Collect data
- Store data
- Retrieve information about vessels
- Highlight and classify vessels of interest
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