ABP awards VTS Contract to Kongsberg Norcontrol IT

The contract is supplementary to an existing VTS installation used by Associated British Ports on the Humber Estuary. Additional VTS equipment is required to maintain functionality of the estuary’s VTS system following the proposed construction of a wind farm which is projected to interfere with the current VTS system. The additional specialist VTS equipment and its associated maintenance and support must maintain compatibility with the existing VTS system. It is not technically or economically possible to separate these additional requirements from the original installation without great inconvenience to Associated British Ports.