Harbour Management

HF ocean radar data can enhance the information for vessel traffic management. Dangerous currents in shipping channels can be identified and even short term forecasts can be provided to improve the safety of navigation in particular at harbour entrances.

These shore based radar systems offer highest reliability and very high data availability in all weather conditions. With the drift prediction software, the WERA data can be used to forecast critical ocean currents or waves at particular locations and automatically generate an alert. In case of oil spills or lost containers, it can be an important tool for environmental protection.

Recommended Hardware Configurations 

for Harbour Management

WERA for short & medium ranges
 >100km
ITU bands 13.5, 16.1, 24.5 and 26.3MHz

Characteristics:

  • Perfectly suited for high resolution current measurements up to 110km
  • Wave measurements for Hs >0.5m for ranges of up to 50km
  • Typical range resolution of 1 to 1.5km
  • The quality checked data from a single station can be used for assimilation into models
  • 
Best suited for Tsunami detection
  • Small antennas and short array support mobile applications

WERA Medium Range

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High resolution VHF WERA
ITU bands 39.2, 41.4, 42.2 and 43.5MHz

Characteristics:

  • Typical range resolution of 300m
  • Best for highest resolution current measurements up to 25km
  • Wave measurements for Hs >0.2m for ranges of up to 10km
  • These systems use very small antennas and short arrays
  • Best suited for mobile applications

WERA VHF

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Helzel OTHR for ship detection and tracking

Characteristics:

  • Vessel tracking up to 200 nautical miles to protect the EEZ
  • Multi frequency options enhancing the probability of detection
  • Frequency management incl. frequency hopping
  • 
MIMO options to get high resolution with shorter arrays
  • Multi sensor tracker implemented at site
  • 
Suspicious target identification

Note: this is a selection of our product range. To view more details, click on one of the product cards above.

If you want to get an overview on more of our product configurations, see Radar-Systems/ Overview instead.

Leif Petersen, Managing Director
+49 4191 9520 33

Are you interested in a special configuration ...

... of the radar systems? We will be here to help you. If you like, just let's have a call or contact me via email Petersen@helzel.com to see if we can help to find a solution to your specific needs.