Amarcon Gears Up for OTC, USA

Amarcon, a member of the ABB group, is getting ready for the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, USA. The annual held event is seen as the foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production, and environmental protection.

Amarcon is the creator of OCTOPUS, a suite of hardware and software products that form a unique solution for the improvement of safety and efficiency for ships operating at sea. This leading to significant cost reductions for the industry.

Maximizing availability and safety

OCTOPUS gathers information about the vessel, the route or operational plan, the loading conditions, vessel-specific limitations and the weather. It uses this data to provide advice on maximizing operability. OCTOPUS-Onboard predicts vessel behavior (maximum allowable motions and accelerations) and these are indicated in a clear operational window on the bridge, leading to less downtime for offshore operations. In addition to this, OCTOPUS-Onboard is capable of measuring and displaying overall vessel and crane motions of offshore construction vessels.

The OCTOPUS-DP Capability forecast function

For vessels equipped with a Dynamic Positioning system, OCTOPUS provides a DP capability function which gives offshore vessels the possibility to make optimum use of a safe time-window for their weather-sensitive operations. A forecast is given as to whether or not the vessel is capable of maintaining her position and heading in changing environmental and weather conditions, hours and days ahead. This leads to maximized workability and more productive hours during operations where the DP system is used. The calculations are based on the thruster properties in combination with measured environmental conditions and weather forecasts which are an integral part of OCTOPUS.

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Press release, May 3, 2013