‘Autonomous sailing’: a much-discussed topic in shipping and ship navigation. Tresco is already bringing theory to prakjk. In early 2020, the first ‘live’ tests were successfully completed. Now in 2023, more than 370 users are already sailing with Tresco TrackPilot together with the Tresco Smart Tracks on European waterways. Both Tresco innovations are the first deliverable products that will enable toekomsge autonomous sailing.
More satisfied customers are added almost daily! The Tresco TrackPilot is also easy to integrate into your existing installation and is very simple to use.
And developments are not standing still. We support more and more brands and types of autopilots. How does Tresco TrackPilot actually work? The pilot is controlled via a track in Navigis. You can enter a track yourself or indicate a ship via AIS, which automatically keeps track of that ship. This is sometimes referred to as the ‘vesseltrain function’. But we go one step further with SmartTracks. You enter a final destination and our smart software calculates the ideal route. More recently, these SmartTracks also increasingly track water levels.
However, TTP’s developments continue. Despite the fact that TTP can be operated entirely via the mouse on the screen, our customers asked for an external control panel. Tresco is happy to meet these challenges and has developed the ‘Tresco Touch’ control panel for this purpose.
This is a 7″ touchscreen that offers the possibilities to easily plot parallel lines on the existing Tracks. Furthermore, the current speed or your sailing profile can be adjusted with a single finger stroke. And all this with a handy, compact panel with the well-known Tresco quality.
