The sustainability and protection of the marine environment is paramount in government goal setting and planning efforts across every continent. Besides ensuring proper fishing practices and the prevention of illegal fishing activities, local and national governments are putting a spotlight on enhanced regulatory measures for crew safety and welfare while at sea as well as monitoring access to protected ecological zones and exclusive economic zones (EEZ). Dedicated onboard satcom connectivity empowers the fishing industry with accurate real-time meteorological updates, smart applications for fish catch reporting, cost-effective ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship communication channels, and improved data collection procedures. Modern Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) by Traksat ensure regulatory compliance, improve maritime security, and institute sustainable fisheries management with an advanced alert mechanism, tracking of local and foreign vessels, inherent improvement in processes for fuel consumption, efficiency in utilising labour hours, integrated vessel registry, comprehensive analyses of historical data, and much more.
Core Competencies
Data Aggregation
Integrate multiple sources of maritime data, including radar, AIS, VMS, near real-time catch reports, and oceanographic metrics over Traksat’s platform. From collision avoidance and fishing fleet monitoring to navigation, tracking, and statistics, Traksat’s unified translation layer serves all devices and networks and aggregates data from both satellite and internet-connected shore-based stations.
On-demand Portal Design
Customise and integrate data from vessels as per your business and regulatory requirements. Besides enabling asset parameters such as work hours, airtime consumption, temperature sensor alerts, or vessel movement and idling alerts, Traksat offers an easy-to-use interface and onboard devices that are not tied to one manufacturer or supplier.
Advanced Monitoring and Automatic Detection
Track local and foreign vessels within any specified area. From pinpointing entry and exit locations to monitoring device or sensor events, Traksat’s VMS empowers comprehensive management of onboard services and analyses historical data. Moreover, it enables to exchange data with shore-side offices, third parties, local authorities, and national institutions.
Use Cases
Compliance with Government Regulations: Fraud Detection & Automatic Reporting
Ensure transparency in fishing activities in local and international water bodies with Traksat’s web platform, enabling automatic reporting of pre-defined categories for fraud detection and statistics retrieval. Filter searches by area, event, or vessel to reflect latest compliance requirements.
Accurate Catch Reporting: Real-time Updates
Transfer near real-time catch information and onboard data, utilising Traksat’s web platform, text messages, and email. Configure push notifications for fish catch reporting, weather, and meteorological updates. Manage custom configured sensors, comparative GPS positions, and vessel motion sensors.
Receive alerts when a vessel enters or leaves a pre-defined space such as restricted fishing zones or protected ecological areas. Monitor irregular vessel behaviour, including heading direction and side-by-side-movement. Detect, report, and store reports in various formats, including interactive maps.
Securing Infrastructure and Operations: IoT-enabled Tracking
Gain real-time visibility over operations with IoT solutions for remote monitoring, several modes for GPS tracking, and smart configuration of reporting intervals. Traksat supports automatic displays of reports on a live map, input reports of engine run times or tank levels, and time-out alerts by hours or days.
Crew Safety and Welfare: Specialised Sensors & Onboard Voice Services
Enable crew wellbeing with both vessel and specialised body-worn trackers, optimised with a dual SOS button feature, ‘man-off-the-board’ capability, and biometric sensors. Support reliable satellite connectivity at the cost of a GSM service with separate lines for corporate and crew communications.