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Daniamant Hails Inclinometer Regulations
Danish marine safety equipment manufacturer, Daniamant voiced its
support of the German government's proposal to make electronic
inclinometers mandatory for new build container and bulk carrier
vessels.
The Marine Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime
Organisation (IMO) has recently approved the German government's
proposal.
Kevin Rough, CEO of Daniamant, comments, "Electronic
inclinometers are an important safety product designed to support
the on-board decision-making process and help reduce risk to crew
and vessels. As a safety company that designs and creates
products to help keep crew safe at sea, we fully welcome the
decision of the MSC Committee to make electronic inclinometers
mandatory for container and bulk carrier vessels."
Designed for carrier and bulk container vessels, and type
approved to the IMO performance standard, Daniamant's DanEI-300
Electronic Inclinometer is an advanced heel and pitch measuring
device which is not sensitive to horizontal and vertical
accelerations.
On rolling vessels, the usual bubble or pendulum inclinometers
can indicate values which are too high. This margin of error can
be up to 30% of the measured value. As the DanEI-300 is not
affected by these accelerations, it shows the true inclination
and roll period. As well as safety benefits, the DanEI-300 can
also help contribute to the reduction of fuel consumption and
help improve efficiency on-board.
The DanEI-300 helps crews understand the ship's movement and
steering behavior, supervision of trim, cargo status and
stability status. The electronic inclinometer measures and
displays pitch angle, heel angle, roll period, amplitude (port
and starboard) and additional trend plots display heel angle for
the latest three minutes and roll amplitude for the latest 30
minutes. Further the yaw, heave, surge and sway parameters are
measured and can outputted to other systems.
Jul 4, 2019
