The entire fleet of Harbour City Ferries is now equipped with FLIR M320L thermal imaging cameras to further improve safety on the waters of Sydney.
Safety is a priority on the harbor, so it was decided to install thermal imaging cameras on board the entire fleet of 28 vessels, six of which are double-enders, so 34 FLIR M320L cameras were purchased in total.
The M320L is a small, ultra-compact gimbal, able to rotate 360° continuously and can tilt plus or minus 90° vertically. This means that the master can look wherever he needs. Cameras are installed in positions on the ferries giving best view forward and to port and starboard. The compactness of the M-Series thermal imaging cameras allowed them to be accommodated within real estate constraints of what was already fitted to each vessel, such as radars. For most vessels this was just above the bridge.
The M-Series can be easily mounted ball-up or ball-down and a menu setting allows the user to turn the direction of the image on the screen. The images from the M-Series can be displayed on virtually any existing multifunction (i.e. chart plotter) display that accepts composite video.
Photo: Wang-Hsin Pei
