ICAN Part of Team Awarded Canadian Coast Guard Automatic Identification
Systems Infrastructure Project
April 17, 2008, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
International Communications and Navigation Ltd. (ICAN), as part of the
Australian
Maritime Systems (AMS) team, is pleased to announce the award of the
contract to supply Automatic Identification System (AIS) network data
display, storage and management software tools to the
Canadian Coast Guard
(CCG). The partnership also includes
C.N.S.
Systems AB who is supplying the AIS Basestations for 98 remote sites and
Compusult Ltd. who
is implementing the AIS Information Technology (IT) infrastructure.
ICAN has been delivering shore-side surveillance solutions to clients
world-wide since 2002. ICAN President Neil Chaulk stated, “the CCG contract
award is another strong endorsement of our company’s capabilities, products,
support and willingness to work closely with our clients on a daily basis.
ICAN is committed to the delivery of the highest quality products at a fair
price with unparalleled support.”
The ICAN shore-side vessel monitoring, surveillance and data management
tools will help support CCG’s fundamental roles of maritime safety,
protection of the marine and freshwater environment, facilitation of
maritime trade and commerce and maritime accessibility, support to science,
support to other government departments and federal maritime priorities,
maritime security and emergency preparedness, sovereignty and federal
presence.
ICAN is also an integral member of the Northrop Grumman NAIS Team
responding to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) tender for Nationwide AIS
(NAIS) infrastructure, providing software for AIS network management and
data management and display. The USCG is expected to award the contract no
later than September 2008.
ICAN is a global leader in providing complete marine navigation and
surveillance solutions. ICAN has designed innovative and customized
solutions for shore-based network administrators and professional navigators
in over 20 countries. ICAN's shore-based technologies are deployed in wide
area coastal AIS networks in Australia and Turkey in addition to numerous
smaller scale port monitoring and security installations world-wide.
For more information, please contact:
Joel Box
International Communications and Navigation, Ltd
Suite 201, 1118 Topsail Road
Mount Pearl, NL A1N 5E7
Phone: 709-754-0400
Fax: 709-754-0419
