Front-End Mobile Unit FEMU M813

FEMU M813 --- a new generation of Marine Automatic Self-Monitoring Device (ASMD)

Since 1993, to acquire a marine dumping permit under the Dumping At Sea Ordinance (DASO) legislation from the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) requires the installation of an Automatic Self Monitoring Device (ASMD) which is designed to monitor and record the vessel’s position and dumping activities while at sea. The recorded information is needed by the EPD to ensure that any loading or dumping operations are compliant with the regulations. EPD can retrieve such information from the ASMD but only through manual methods.

With the introduction of the new generation of ASDM called Front End Mobile Units (FEMU) model M813, EPD can now monitor, record and retrieve the vessel position and dumping activities data in real-time by remote access from their own control centre known as the Real Time Tracking and Monitoring of Vessels System (RTTMV). Today, use of FEMU M813 has become one of the major criteria for obtaining the marine dumping permits.