Dyena announces the release of the new Marine & Offshore Black Box Recorder

The Marine & Offshore Black Box Recorder has been specifically designed for the demands of professional marine and offshore operators to increase the safety of the crew and reduce the risk from chronic injuries associated with operating in open and coastal seas.

Shock-loads are recorded alongside GPS data such as position, speed, heading and time, providing a complete, indelible and personal record of operations. 

As well as providing the employer with a health monitoring system, better enabling them to protect their crew in accordance with the latest EU legislation, the Marine & Offshore Black Box Recorder also provides many extra benefits that make it an invaluable tool for modern marine operators.

EU Legislation

The Marine & Offshore Black Box Recorder is the simplest method of evaluating a crews daily exposure to impact and vibration. In the UK the MCA now requires an operator to provide evidence of health monitoring in order to apply for an exemption from the vibration at work regulations.

Crew Monitoring & Safety

Accurate information about crews' daily onboard routines allows operators to identify areas of risk early and take suitable preventative measures, enabling them to fulfil legislated responsibilities in terms of duty of care.  Crews can be trained to monitor their and passengers' exposure levels and can be encouraged to take more responsibility for safety.

Reduce Employer Liability

With EU legislation now in force, and an increasing amount of lawyers beginning to circle the industry, more pressure is being made on employers to ensure that the necessary steps are taken to monitor the health of their workforce. For a small investment, the Marine & Offshore Black Box Recorder provides a health surveillance system and protection for the employer in the event of a fraudulent claim.

Crew Training

Easily interpreted, the data provides a powerful vessel management and crew performance analysis tool useful for highlighting risks in training and operations.  Crew strengths and weaknesses can be readily identified and training shortfalls addressed. Evaluations can be kept on file for future audits if required.

Insurance

Warranty and service costs can be contained by ensuring that vessels are not operated out of limits and, in the event of an accident, the recorded data can be used to substantiate circumstances and events, protecting the vessel operator from false allegations.

Dyena have made monitoring the health of the crew and vessel as simple as possible. Insert the memory card into your computer and choose the days you wish to examine.

The GPS trace of the vehicle or boat is overlaid on to a 3D map surface allowing you to easily visualise their route, gathering an instant view of the days' operation with shocks loads and the crews daily vibration exposure both shown clearly. With configurable colour thresholds, you can alter the warning levels to suit your requirements. Overlaying data from multiple days or different vehicles allows you to compare the crews exposure on different routes and alter their daily routine to reduce any health risks.

The file also contains the numeric values for the daily vibration exposure in 3 axis as required by the EU Legislation in both RMS A(8) and VDV. You can also view the raw data including time, position, speed over ground, course over ground, RMS and peak g’s in all 3 axis, and the combined RMS g.

"The whole ethos behind this product is to keep the operators life simple. Constant increases in the daily paper trail wears everyone down. With the Marine & Offshore Black Box Recorder, crew health monitoring takes just seconds. Open the daily data file, if it's all green, close the file and your done..." James Glover, Director, Dyena

"The Marine & Offshore Black Box Recorder is simple to fit and requires no maintenance. Once fitted to your vessel the data can be downloaded daily or left for up to 5 years. Assuming you keep your vessel for 15 years, that's less than £100 per year for all the benefits below. A single health, safety, or insurance claim will cost considerable more" James Glover, Director, Dyena

" A breakthrough in Crew Safety and Preventative Maintenance Monitoring in one black box"

• Automatically record your vessels' position, performance and shock-load information 

• Compare and contrast vessel and crew performance

• Evaluate training and validate performance

• Protect vessel operators from spurious injury claims

• Highlight potential structurally damaging incidents

• Provide real-time information in the event of an accident

• Up to 5 years of recording on one micro SD card

The Marine & Offshore Black Box Recorder may be purchased direct from the website www.dyena.com

Retail price is £1499 ex VAT