OCTOPUS-Onboard Wave Monitoring: SMM Demonstration

Amarcon, a part of the ABB group, and OceanWaveS GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of Rutter Inc., inform they will  demonstrate an OCTOPUS-Onboard advisory suite including Wave and Surface Current Monitoring System set-up during the SMM in Hamburg, from 9 – 12 September 2014. SMM visitors are invited to view the demonstration at the Rutter booth, hall B6.FG/001. 


The Amarcon OCTOPUS-Onboard motion monitoring, forecasting and decision support toolkit has an interface with the Wave and Surface Current Monitoring System (WaMoS II) from OceanWaveS GmbH.

WaMoS II has been developed for real time measurement of directional ocean wave spectra. A significant advantage of WaMoS II is the continuous availability of wave data in rough seas, under harsh weather conditions with limited visibility, and at night.

The WaMoS II technology is broadly accepted within the maritime community and has been installed on hundreds of vessels throughout the years in segments like offshore & drilling, shuttle tankers, container ships and survey vessels.

WaMoS II measures and displays all the essential wave field parameters:
-significant wave height (Hs)
-peak wave period (Tp)
-peak wave direction (θp) for both wind sea and swell
-surface current speed (U) 

-current direction (θu) 


When delivered together with OCTOPUS-Onboard, this data can also be made visible within OCTOPUS-Onboard in a separate tab. The benefit of combining OCTOPUS-Onboard with WaMoS II is integrating the real time wave data surrounding the vessel presently and not just weather forecast data. Furthermore, all the collected data from the vessel can be downloaded for data evaluation at the ship owners’ office.

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