Ship&Offshore | Issue 04/2012
Improved safety for offshore wind farms
LRAD Marine structures such as offshore wind farms pose a hazard to all kinds of vessels navigating in close vicinity. To avoid crashes, long range acoustic devices (LRADs) exceeding the range of acoustic hailing and warning hitherto possible at sea are a promising solution, writes Patrick Burke of the Hamburg-based towing company Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.