Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu informed about the mentioned projects of the General Directorate of Coastal Security.
Uraloğlu pointed out that with the mentioned projects they have strengthened Türkiye's maritime communications and surveillance infrastructure, and stated that with these projects they will bring digitalization to an advanced level in the country's critical waterways, especially in the straits.
Navigation processes are better monitored with the “Internet of Maritime”.
Stating that they want to provide many innovative solutions to increase the safety and navigation of ships sailing in the Turkish Strait within the framework of the Internet of Maritime Project, Uraloğlu said:
“With the project, we aim to create a solution to the need to establish a digital platform in important areas such as monitoring traditional lighthouse and buoy systems, identifying threats to the marine ecosystem and tracking ships. The long-range communication infrastructures to be used in the project will be added to the existing communication infrastructure to ensure data backup and ensure data communication. Structures such as three floating navigation aids and a lighthouse tower, to be placed at different points of the Bosphorus, are intended to be hydrographic, meteorological and… ship navigation information. “It will facilitate safe navigation on critical waterways and support emergency response.”
Pointing out that ship traffic can be managed more effectively with the system to be established within the scope of the project, Uraloğlu said: “With the Maritime Internet Project, we will make ship traffic management more effective in the digital environment. We will improve our operational capabilities by more closely tracking the navigation processes on our critical waterways.” gave his assessment.
A new era in maritime communications with NAVDAT
Uraloğlu pointed out that the NAVDAT project will make a significant contribution to the modernization of maritime communication systems: “With the NAVDAT receiver and transmitter stations that we will build in Istanbul, we will provide ships with uninterrupted communication service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Thanks to this system, we can transmit graphics, text and multimedia content to ships more quickly.” he said.
Uraloğlu emphasized that NAVDAT offers higher data transmission capacity than existing systems and said:
“With this project, we will strengthen communication between ships and coastal stations. We will increase the effectiveness of maritime operations. We will provide a faster warning system to prevent maritime accidents and create a sustainable and economical infrastructure compatible with existing systems. We will make our maritime communication infrastructure more modern, stronger and compatible with international standards. The projects in question will make a significant contribution to Türkiye's maritime vision. With the projects we implement, we strengthen our maritime communication infrastructure and resolutely continue the digital transformation in the maritime field.”
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