Abstract
The Koyo Maru, the most advanced cable layer owned by the NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE PUBLIC CORP., incorporates latest technological achievements into her design; Here two systems, ACNAS (Advanced Cable-ship Navigation Aid System) and MICOS (One-man Control System), are reported in details as her typical automatic system.(1) ACNAS intends to combine and unite the various information such as design route, positioning, course record, target vessel data, degital map and data of cable laying and burying. This system achieved the mechanization of cable laying and burying and data recording works.(2) According to the change of ship modes (Rest, Stand-by, Work, Navigation), MICOS controls sequentially main engine, auxiliary machines and valves.These systems realized the remarkable improvement of accuracy, sure operation and labor-saving for cable laying works.
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