HIPAP Basic Skills: A Detailed Guide

This video material contains experience sharing collected from many years of hydro acoustic usage. It is essential for confident operation of HiPAP system in dynamic positioning and will help you develop your knowledge for the further understanding and use of APOS system. The material involves all necessary explanations and aspects of hydroacoustic system setup and principle of operation for dynamic positioning.

The video material consists of:

• Basic understanding of sound in water, its properties, and its effect from surrounding factors.
• General familiarization with HiPAP and APOS.
• All steps from A to Z in setting up and using the system for dynamic positioning.
• Practical use of transponders and hydroacoustic system in SSBL mode.
• Geographic position in SSBL.

“Basic Operations with HiPAP” is made for the basic level of Marine Officers/DPO/JDPO who would like to boost their knowledge about the sound in water and how to use it for dynamic positioning in SSBL mode (Super Short Base Line). The material is prepared by seafarers for seafarers containing only essential info for beginners to improve confidence in operations with hydroacoustic systems. The material is taken on a live system in operational conditions.