Extended Operational and Trade Vocabulary
ECDIS and Bridge Equipment Makers glossary (page 2)
The bridge-equipment vocabulary: the GMDSS sea areas (A1 to A4) as a coverage frame, the ECDIS, radar, and integrated-bridge equipment makers, and the type-approval and sensor-integration terms. Grounds each term in the bridge equipment maker or the navigation-equipment standard it belongs to.
274 defined terms.
Showing 24 on this page (page 2 of 2).
T
- TG-6000
- Tokyo Keiki GMDSS console family.
- TG-8000
- Tokyo Keiki gyrocompass type approved for SOLAS use.
- Tokyo Keiki
- Japanese marine instrument maker founded in 1896, which absorbed Tokimec in 2005 and produces gyrocompasses, radars, and ECDIS.
- Track Control
- Autopilot function steering along a planned ECDIS route, governed by IMO Resolution MSC.74(69) Annex 2 and IEC 62065.
- Transas
- Russian and Irish bridge equipment maker acquired by Wartsila in 2018, producing Navi-Sailor and Navi-Planner.
- Type Specific Training
- Manufacturer specific operator training required by STCW for ECDIS and other type approved equipment.
U
- UAIS
- Universal AIS, the formal ITU term distinguishing the standardized system from earlier proprietary systems.
- UAIS-A 5
- Tokyo Keiki Class A AIS transponder for SOLAS vessels.
- UKHO
- United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, publisher of Admiralty charts.
- USBL
- Ultra-short baseline acoustic positioning that uses a single transducer head with multiple elements to derive bearing and range to a transponder.
V
- Vaisala WMT700
- Ultrasonic anemometer from Vaisala used as a marine wind sensor.
- VDR
- Voyage Data Recorder, required under SOLAS V/20.
- VHF DSC
- Channel 70 Digital Selective Calling for short range distress alerting.
- VisionMaster FT
- Sperry Marine integrated bridge platform combining ECDIS, radar, and conning multi function displays.
- VR-3000
- Furuno simplified VDR meeting IMO Resolution A.861(20).
- VR-7000
- Furuno VDR meeting the revised IMO Resolution MSC.333(90) performance standard.
- VRM
- Variable Range Marker, a radar tool for measuring distance to a target.
- VTS
- Vessel Traffic Service, IMO Resolution A.857(20).
W
- Wartsila Voyage
- Business unit of Wartsila that integrates the former Transas portfolio, including NTPRO 5000 simulators and ECDIS products.
- Wheelmark
- Conformity mark required for marine equipment placed on the EU market under Directive 2014/90/EU.
- Wind Sensor
- Ultrasonic or mechanical anemometer feeding bridge wind indicators, often Gill WindSonic or Vaisala WMT700.
- WR-2120
- Furuno wave radar measuring wave height and direction from a vessel mounted X band antenna.
Z
- Zeus
- B&G chartplotter platform for the sailing and motor yacht market within the Navico Group.