三菱造船とTPFC、タブレット端末を活用した携帯型船舶航行支援システム「Navin」のリースを開始

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group company, and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Panasonic Finance Co., Ltd. began accepting contract applications on the 20th for “Navin” (formerly known as “Navico”), a tablet-based navigation support system for coastal ships. “Navin” was developed by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and will be offered for lease by TPFC for 30,000 yen (excluding tax) per month (3-year contract, installation work not included).

三菱造船は、デジタル技術を活用して内航海運の安全確保と乗組員のストレス軽減を図りたいとの思いから、2021年度から「Navin」の開発に着手。Navin」は、同社が1990年代に開発し、高い信頼性と実績を持つコンソール型航行支援システム「Super Bridge-X」の技術をベースに開発。Navin」は、内航船に搭載されたセンサー情報を活用し、航海用電子参考図「NEW PEC（注）」に自船や他船の情報をわかりやすく表示するほか、目的地への到着予想時刻の案内や周辺情報の音声による確認などの機能を提供。これにより、乗組員は本来の業務である見張りや操船に集中しやすくなり、ストレスの軽減やヒューマンエラーによる海難事故の防止に貢献します。

Navin is a wireless tablet with a touch screen that is easy to use for people of all ages. In addition, the product is supplied on a lease contract basis to reduce initial investment costs, and installation work requires only the minimum amount of connection work to the ship’s navigation instruments, making it easy to introduce to ships in service.

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Japan’s coastal shipping fleet includes many container ships transporting daily necessities such as food and clothing, as well as energy resources such as oil and propane. Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and TPFC will lease Navin to large corporations, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises that operate the ships that support this transportation infrastructure, and by providing comprehensive solutions such as leveling out introduction and usage costs and updating equipment at regular intervals, they will work to promote the computerization and digitalization of the coastal shipping industry and, beyond that, to realize a safe and secure society.

Going forward, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and TPFC will continue to combine their strengths to help resolve social issues in Japan’s coastal shipping industry, such as alleviating labor shortages, reducing the labor burden, preventing accidents at sea, and maintaining sea routes to remote islands, thereby supporting a stable domestic logistics and transport infrastructure.

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