The NW-6000 is now certified against MSC 333 (90) and can be installed on board vessels, which require a new VDR.
The VDR is based on IEC61162-450 lightweight ethernet infrastructure and is of a completely new design. This enables fast installation, reduced lengths of cabling and an auto-configuring to commission the VDR in a convenient and error-free way, Netwave claimed.
"We have already received substantial large amount of orders in advance of our certification, both for newbuilding projects, as well as for retrofitting on existing vessels. The NW-6000 indeed shows its effectiveness during the installations already arranged", said Mark van Ede, sales director, Netwave Systems.
The shipowner will be able to remotely monitor the VDR, which enables the manager to receive hard beats, check on events logs and if needed, arrange complete downloads in case of emergency.
It is supported by what is claimed to be the world’s largest VDR service network covering over 65 countries, in more than 160 ports, with more than 1,100 engineers.
Netwave said that it could guarantee a minimum of seven years availability of spare parts.