actively guides the ship to safely dock onto the terminal. The BSM is a laser distance sensor based system that monitors marine vessel berthing and drifting status. Unlike its... sensors. It also provides fender preventive maintenance guidance and long term statistic aides for fender design, dock structural design, mooring design, and marine navigational studies... measures the actual amplitude of the berthing impacts and detects berthing accidents. This is done through monitoring the 3D movements of the dock fenders with wireless positioning...

system brings our understanding of fender behavior into a whole new dimension. From academic point of view, the BIM system will be the first affordable dock based long term ship... berthing impact / fender - dock fatigue load data collection tool of its kind, that can provide new support for marine studies in dock / ship structure design and navigational... behaviors. Q: How is your BIM system different from your BSM system / Is the BIM system necessary if we already have the BSM systemA: The BSM is a system designed to provide visual aide...