New Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System BW-800

March 24, 2010 - PRLog -- Our new Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System BW-800 complies with IMO MSC. 128(75) and the new IEC 62616 performance standard from February 2010. We expect to be the first company in the world to present a Type Approval of a Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System complying with the new IEC 62616 performance standard. DNV has carried out the performance test with success and now we are only waiting for environmental test to be completed. The BW-800 system will be ready for sale ultimo April 2010.

The BW-800 system is designed for easy installation on both new vessels as well as the retrofit market. The BW-800 Bridge Watch Alarm System will be environmental tested according to specifications from following classification societies:
* Lloyd's Register of Shipping - LR
* Bureau Veritas - BV
* Registro Italiano Navale - RINA
* American Bureau of Shipping - ABS
* Det Norske Veritas - DNV
* Germanischer Lloyd - GL
* Nippon Kaiji Kyokai - NKK
* Russian Maritime Register of Shipping - RS
* China Classification Society - CCS
* Korean Register of Shipping - KR
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New IMO Requirements
New regulations from IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) will require carriage of a Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS) complying with IMO performance standards. For existing ships, the equipment should be installed in connection with the first survey after the following deadlines:
Existing passenger ships and ships over 3,000 GT: 1 July 2012.
Existing ships over 500 GT: 1 July 2013.
Existing ships over 150 GT: 1 July 2014.
New ships over 150 GT and all new passenger ships constructed after 1 July 2011 shall be equipped with a Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System.

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UNI-SAFE ELECTRONICS A/S
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Director Torben F. Thorsen established Uni-Safe Electronics a/s in 1993, when the Marine Department of Dansk Radio (Terma Elektronik) was taken over. All the agencies held by Dansk Radio - such as C. Plath, Koden, Jotron and the Salinometer programme were also transferred to Uni-Safe Electronics.

The company is based in Copenhagen close to the Airport and overlooking the Sound and the bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden.

The company has been appointed as a Gazelle company in year 2000. Only 970 Danish companies was given this title in year 2000. A Gazelle company is a dynamic company experiencing fast growth.

Contact: Uni-Safe Electronics A/S, Heidi Larsen, Tel: +45-32-581615, hl@unisafe.dk