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Inland waterways feature narrow channels and heavy vessel traffic, with complex interactions between currents, shorelines, buoys, and small working boats. Frequent adverse weather conditions such as fog and rain pose significant challenges to ship navigation perception. Traditional navigation equipment suffers from drawbacks like large near-range blind spots, poor performance in complex water areas, and difficulty adapting to smart driving data input, which hinder the intelligent upgrade of inland vessels.
Seaward X Technologies (Nantong) Co., Ltd. has launched the SX-1311 marine navigation radar, a professional navigation radar solution designed for inland vessels. Focused on real-world inland navigation conditions, it provides stable and reliable environmental perception capabilities for bulk carriers, fishing boats, and public patrol boats through high-precision short-range detection, supporting the practical implementation of intelligent inland shipping.
SX-1311 marine navigation radar is optimized for the characteristics of inland waterways, solving the problem of close range detection in narrow channels. Its three core capabilities support safe navigation and intelligent transformation of ships：
• Small blind spot, precise detection of close range targets
Optimize the narrow working environment for small rivers, port areas, fishing ports, etc., effectively shorten detection blind spots, achieve stable detection of nearshore obstacles, small boats, and floating objects, and adapt to the changing navigation scenarios of inland rivers.
• Empower intelligent ship driving and output high-quality perception data
Not only traditional navigation observations, but also radar can output standardized environmental perception information to support intelligent ship driving training and auxiliary navigation systems, providing a hardware foundation for the landing of autonomous driving technology for inland ships.
• Compatible with multiple ship types, suitable for various types of vessels in inland rivers
Hardware can be installed and deployed without any modifications, and algorithms can be adapted to the complex hydrological environment of inland rivers. Collection ships, fishing boats, and public security official boats can all be quickly loaded and used, truly achieving instant installation and use.
1311 has been verified in multiple scenarios and four typical projects have been implemented. SX-1311 has completed the installation and on-site testing of multiple different types of ships, covering multiple fields such as freight transportation, fisheries, and water public security law enforcement. It has accumulated a large amount of practical data on the front line of inland rivers, and all projects can be promoted to the public, fully verifying the reliability of the products.
Case One｜ZhigeJi 001｜Shaoxing, Zhejiang ・consolidation ship
Complete equipment installation and commissioning at Blue City Shipyard. The radar is mounted on the inland waterway transport ship Zhige Ji 001, used for intelligent driving training of ships and providing environmental perception data for the intelligent driving system of the transport ship. Based on the navigation requirements of narrow waterways, further iterative optimization can be carried out for inland river conditions to improve the detection accuracy of narrow waterways.
Case Two｜SuQiyu 03378｜Qidong, Jiangsu・Lusi Fishing Port
The equipment is installed at the mast position of fishing boats, serving fishing ports and offshore operation scenarios, and supporting intelligent driving training for fishing boats. The fishing port is densely populated with ships and has complex interactions. The radar outputs stable detection data, which is used for on-site verification of the complex water environment in the fishing port and nearby waters.
Case Three｜Zhejiang Xiangyu 42048｜Ningbo, Zhejiang・Shipu Fishing Port｜Fishing Vessels
The actual fishing operation vessel Zhejiang Xiangyu 42048 is used to serve fishing vessels for fishing and navigation operations. The radar has built-in target tracking capability, which can directly output multi-dimensional information such as target orientation, distance, longitude and latitude, heading, and speed, helping crew members comprehensively grasp the dynamics of surrounding ships and improve the safety factor of fishing navigation.
Case Four｜Yangtze River Patrol 15-07｜Changhang Public Security Nantong Branch｜police patrol
Assembled on the top of the Yangtze River public security patrol boat, serving water patrol and law enforcement in the Yangtze River waters, used for intelligent driving training, and providing environmental perception support for official boat navigation. Adapt scenarios to the complex navigation environment of the Yangtze River trunk line, enhance the stability of detection under complex conditions in the Yangtze River water area, and safeguard the safety of navigation on the Yangtze River.
The four projects jointly confirm that the SX-1311 hardware body does not need to be modified, and only needs to be optimized at the software level for water scenarios, which can be quickly deployed on different ships with strong adaptability and low landing threshold. 1311 is not just a radar, but also an intelligent perception base for inland waterway transportation.
Inland waterway transportation is an important component of China's water transportation, and the intelligent transformation cannot be achieved without reliable front-end sensing equipment. Seaward X Technologies SX-1311 marine navigation radar is based on real pain points in inland rivers, polishing product performance with actual ship projects, and providing safe and reliable environmental perception solutions for more inland ships.
Seaward X Technologies sincerely invites shipping companies, shipyards, research institutions, and maritime units to cooperate and explore more possibilities for smart inland waterway transportation.
