The water transport on Amur River is equipped with GLONASS system

The company "Omnicomm" and Amur Shipping Company group announce the Far East end of the first stage of the project on equipping of the river fleet systems satellite GLONASS/GPS monitoring and control of fuel consumption of Omnicomm.

Within the project the monitoring system equips cargo and passenger transport of the largest shipping company on Amur River in the Far Eastern Federal District which is a part of the Russian timber industry holding RFP Group. The equipment Omnicomm involved in the project is approved to use on the water transport by the Russian River Register.

The first stage of the project provides equipment installation by 21 motor ships, in the subsequent the systems of satellite tracking will equip 31 more river crafts. Also the shipping company considers the possibility of equipment installation on sea vessels and courts of the class "river sea".

"Equipment of river and sea vessels the systems of satellite tracking and control of fuel consumption – one of investment programs which is implemented within the development strategy of Amur Shipping Company group. Renovation of own fleet regarding cooperation with Omnicomm company will allow to optimize costs for fuel and lubricants which make about 40% of the total costs of the maintenance of the fleet today", - the CEO of JSC Amur Shipping Company Anton Pyatkov told.

Earlier the equipment Omnicomm already equipped river crafts. In 2009-2011 monitoring systems and fuel analytics equipped the towing motor ships and RT-432, RT-600, RP-5, RP-6 and BTM-512 pushers belonging to River Port Nefteyugansk LLC companies and JSC Surgut River Port. Alexander Yarovoy, the CEO of the Glonass Omnicomm company making implementations noted that they after installation of the systems of the company obtained data on a real consumption of fuel and lubricants. This information allowed to cut down expenses on fuel purchase, and the payback period of a system made only 1 month.