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Navigation & Bridge Equipment

All navigation, communication, and bridge equipment including radar, ECDIS, AIS, GPS/GNSS, gyrocompass, speed log, echo sounder, GMDSS radio, satellite communications, autopilot, VDR, BNWAS, lights, IBS, and security systems.

3,993models
295manufacturers
14 Oct 2026last updated
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Typical models.

One well-documented model per manufacturer — with photo, key figures and datasheet details on the model page.

Elac Nautik
LAZ-5100
50/200 kHz
Kongsberg
EM2040
Multibeam 200-400 kHz
JRC
JHS-800S
5 W / portable
Entel
HT649 Marine VHF
5 W / ATEX
Furuno Electric
FE-800/DS-80 Series
Depth 0.5-3,000 m / Speed 0-40 kn
Current Corp
WaveRadar
Netwave
NW-6000
Full VDR / 30 days
SAAB
R5 Supreme AIS
Class A / 12.5 W
Knowledge

What engineers check first on Navigation & Bridge Equipment.

Every other item in this category is a sensor that reports something the bridge team cannot otherwise judge by eye: depth, speed over the water, an audit trail after an incident, whether the watchkeeper is still alert. The instruments in this group are different. They report heading, rudder position and rate of turn, which a competent officer could estimate roughly by watching the wake and the compass card, but not with the precision or the redundancy that steering and collision avoidance actually need. A gyrocompass and a magnetic compass answer…

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Types in this category.

Every equipment type in Navigation & Bridge Equipment links to full manufacturer and model data, specifications and service notes.

Echo Sounder
A single-beam echo sounder gives one number: depth under the transducer. Multibeam sweeps a fan of beams across the track and builds a swath, which is why hydrographic survey vessels carry multibeam and merchant ships carry single beam.
693 models
AIS
AIS broadcasts a ship's identity, position, course and speed over VHF at short intervals, so nearby traffic and shore stations can see it independent of radar detection, which is why it works as well in a crowded anchorage as it does in open water at night.
647 models
CCTV / Camera System
Marine CCTV differs from bridge navigation sensors in one basic way: it does not measure anything, it lets a human see somewhere they cannot stand -- the ISPS-restricted deck, the engine room during unmanned periods, or the blind zones ahead of a large bow.
491 models
Voyage Data Recorder (VDR)
A Voyage Data Recorder continuously stores bridge audio, radar, ECDIS, AIS and sensor data in a protected capsule built to survive fire, impact and deep submersion, so investigators can reconstruct the last twelve hours before an incident.
296 models
Weather Station / Anemometer
The ship's anemometer gives relative wind speed and direction as measured at the masthead, and the bridge system must convert that to true wind using the vessel's own speed and heading before it means anything for manoeuvring, cargo operations, or reporting.
288 models
Weather Instruments
Bridge weather instruments — anemometer, barometer, thermometer and hygrometer — feed the wind speed and direction display IMO requires on the bridge, and their readings back the routing decisions a master makes long before a forecast confirms them.
245 models
AIS Transponder
An AIS transponder broadcasts the ship's own identity, position and course over VHF so other vessels and shore stations can see it directly, which makes it fundamentally different from radar, which only sees what it illuminates and reflects back.
232 models
Sound Signaling Device
COLREG ties whistle, bell and, on ships 100 metres and over, gong to a vessel's length and status, so the equipment on the bow and bridge is fixed by class of ship rather than by owner preference.
161 models
Rudder Angle Indicator
A rudder angle indicator reports where the rudder actually is, taken from a sensor at the rudder stock itself, which is why SOLAS keeps it functionally independent of the steering control system — a helm order indicator only shows what was commanded, not what the rudder is doing.
120 models
Navtex Receiver
A Navtex receiver automatically prints or displays maritime safety information broadcast on 518 kHz in English and 490 kHz in the national language, filtering messages by station and subject so the bridge only sees relevant warnings without anyone standing a radio watch.
109 models
AIS Transponder (Class A)
A Class A AIS transponder automatically broadcasts a ship's identity, position, course and speed to other vessels and shore stations every few seconds while under way, and receives the same data back, functioning as mandatory collision-avoidance equipment rather than an optional aid.
100 models
BNWAS
BNWAS does not ask whether the officer of the watch is competent — it only asks whether someone has touched a reset button recently, which is why a bridge team can defeat its purpose entirely by leaving a weighted object on the reset key.
91 models
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