Complete radar surveillance
Norwegian based Sea-Hawk Navigation provides one of the most sophisticated radar systems currently available. Recently the system’s capability with regard to oil detection were demonstrated to Skipsrevyen, and as the video clip shows, the Sea-Hawk radar clearly renders the thin layer of oil floating in the ocean surface.
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In more than one respect, the Norwegian oil spill response is insufficient, both in regard to detection and operational capabilities. Bergen Port is one of the ports which lacks systems for oil detection. One possible solution for this is the Sea-Hawk Navigation radar system.
Skipsrevyen has on more than one occasion reviewed the radar, and this time we got to witness an example of a minor oil spill, one which was never reported due to its small quantity. The video clip shows the oil spill, which, as already mentioned, cannot be detected by the port authorities.
Sea-Hawk Navigation CEO, Per-Arne Isaksen, explains that the company’s radar system without any difficulties can detect these thin oil slicks. Moreover the radarscope can be monitored from any position of choice, and the record function enables one to assess where an oil spill has its point of origin.
However, the functionality goes beyond merely detecting oil.
Surface detection
Isaksen explains that the Sea-Hawk system currently is undergoing an approval process by the classification society Det Norske Veritas as a complete surface detection radar, in addition to navigation radar.
The goal of Sea-Hawk Navigation has always been to provide a complete surveillance system, and on the basis of this, the radar will be approved for both oil detection, ice detection and small target detection.
The system will therefore provide complete surveillance of everything on the ocean surface, be it oil spill, large or small blocks of ice, or even people in distress.
