Inland Waterways Conference Maintaining Focus in a Constrained Economy

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Inland Waterways ConferenceMaintaining Focus in
a Constrained Economy
Mark Stevens Ingram Barge Company AVP Customer /
Field Services Technologies
Marriot Nashville Airport Nashville, TN
March 3 5, 2009
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Inland Navigation Technology 09Digital
Technologys Impact on Safety and Efficiency
Mark Stevens Ingram Barge Company AVP Customer /
Field Services Technologies
US Army Engineer Research and Development
Center Coastal Hydraulic Laboratory Vicksburg,
MS
February 3 4, 2009
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Mark Stevens Ingram Barge Company AVP Customer /
Field Services Technologies
Ingram Barge Experiences Improving Towing
Operations on the River
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Discussion Topics

• Global Positioning as a critical component
• Electronic charting utilization, benefits
  issues
• Transponder based technologies
• Asset tracking
• Integration into core user systems
• What next ?

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The Need for Real Time Data

• ...planning ahead and monitoring progress counts

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Bringing it all Together
Bring it all together
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Bringing it all Together
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Global Positioning Systems

• Electronic Navigation Charts
• Radar Overlay
• Vessel Tracking Management System

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Electronic Charts

• Multiple Types
• Raster
• Vector
• Bathymetric (Sonar)
• Multiple Sources
• USCG
• USACE
• NOAA
• Private parties
• All require integration with other components of
  system

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Global Positioning Systems (Contd)

• Safety
• Pinpoint accuracy day or night, all weather
  conditions
• Track past positions and selected data points
• Superimpose radar images onto navigation charts
• Zoom in and out capability
• Visual and audible alarms
• Integration with other technologies
• Depth sounders
• Auto pilot
• Transponders
• Engine Monitoring, etc.
• Aid post-incident investigations

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Global Positioning Systems (Contd)

• Productivity improvements
• Help meet growth demands (lack of more
  experienced people)
• Transfer route knowledge for best possible
  routing
• Vessel to vessel
• Vessel to shore
• Vessel to customer
• User annotation capabilities
• Accelerate training
• Integrate with GIS databases of USCG and USACE
• Monitor speed and regulate fuel burn

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Radar Overlays

• Tight integration of multiple technologies
• PC system
• GPS
• Digital mapping (raster or vector)
• Real time radar imagery
• Latitude-longitude or D-GPS/GPS synchronization

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Bathymetric (Sonar) Charts

• What advantages can they have?
• Can they be digitized ?
• Integrated into PC system
• Types of displays
• Latitude-longitude or D-GPS/GPS synchronization

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Automatic Identification Systems

• Easy to operate
• Operate on all navigable inland waterways
• Transmission of data VHF
• Plug and play technology for replacements - no
  calibration
• Accurate with electronic charts
• Seamless integration into existing ECS -
• On screen visibility
• Not incorporated within radar - do not plot
  course / solutions
• No need to clutter display with useless
  information
• MMSI / DSCID ? Why ?
• Latitude / Longitude of other vessels ?
• UTC time ?

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LAPTOP PC DISPLAY SCREEN SHIP IS FOLLOWING THE
CONSTANT-RADIUS TURNING ARC
Own Ships Info. XTE Bargraph Ships Channel
Channel Width L/R Distance Dist. to next
event Pos, Course, Speed DGPS status VHF AIS
status
Channel Edges
Ideal Turning Arc
Range Lines
Other Ships Info. Vessel Name,
ID Position Course Speed DGPS status VHF AIS
status Dimensions Closing info.
Ships Position
Note Ship is drawn to scale.
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Tracking

• Recording past voyage tracks
• Asset tracking
• Allow use of Ingrams standard tracks marks
• Integration into core data systems
• Aid in post incident investigation
• Replay pass track
• DVR Radar Camera Recordings

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What next ?

• Enhance electronic chart functionality
• Seamless systems integration
• Enhanced Reality
• More data clearly displayed
• Simple to use user friendly
• Connectivity is the key
• Low cost
• High band width
• 5 - 9s reliability

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New video without forward looking instability

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Docking Assistance

• Laser docking systemsexpensive and need 1system
  per berth
• Advanced PPUs can measure position and velocity
  to nearly thesame accuracy (2 cm/s)
• PPUs can also show additional information such as
  headway
• A PPU can be used at every berth in the port

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Enhanced Reality

• Real Time data in multiple selectable layers
• Provide useful data in a user friendly format

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Mark Stevens Ingram Barge Company AVP Customer /
Field Services Technologies
Custom Fuel Supply Solar Powered Cellular Point
of Sale
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Mark Stevens Ingram Barge Company AVP Customer /
Field Services Technologies
WiFi Experiment
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Discussion Topics

• WiFi Experiment
• Connectivity is the key
• Low cost
• High band width
• MESH repeater technology
• 5 - 9s reliability
• What next ?
• Proof of Concept
• Multi carrier participation
• USCG and USACE assistance

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Solar Powered WiFi Repeater

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Inland Navigation Technology 09Digital
Technologys Impact on Safety and Efficiency
Mark Stevens Ingram Barge Company AVP Customer /
Field Services Technologies [phone]
Mark.stevens_at_ingrambarge.com
US Army Engineer Research and Development
Center Coastal Hydraulic Laboratory Vicksburg,
MS
Questions ?
Thank You ...
February 3 4, 2009