Having already installed offshore and onshore marine monitoring systems for Chevron's Wheatstone LNG project, AMSG managing director John Sugarman said the contract to install a new vessel tracking service system to manage shipping to and from the Gorgon project showed the resources sector still had plenty of big opportunities to offer local firms.

 

"Western Australia has become one of our most important markets in recent years and we believe it will continue to offer opportunities to cutting-edge companies like AMSG," Sugarman said.

 

AMSG installed the existing VTS system and marine aids to navigation during the construction of the Gorgon project and provided ongoing support and maintenance.

 

Barrow Island Port will utilise Kelvin Hughes radar and the premier Saab V3000 Command and Control VTS Software, which is now used at many of the world's busiest ports, including Shanghai, Hong Kong and Rotterdam, as well as Darwin and Fremantle.

 

The system will be fully designed, built and tested at AMSG's Brisbane factory before being transported to Western Australia for installation and on-site testing and commissioning.

 

Earlier this year AMSG announced it would design and install a new VTS at Port Hedland - the world's largest bulk export port - on behalf of Pilbara Ports Authority, and previously installed the VTS now used at the PPA-managed Port of Dampier.

 

AMSG, which has a mobile workforce with offices in Cairns, Fremantle, Melbourne and Hobart, has also completed contracts for marine agencies in Canada, Turkey, the Persian Gulf and most recently in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

 

"Our fully integrated technologies will enable maximum safety and efficiency to be achieved at the port," Sugarman said of the new Gorgon contract.

 

"Western Australia has become one of our most important markets in recent years and we believe it will continue to offer opportunities to cutting-edge companies like AMSG."