VISOR: 360° Situational Awareness for Tug and Workboat Fleets

Seeing everything, Missing Nothing.

Modern workboats operate in increasingly crowded ports, narrow waterways and demanding offshore environments. Whether manoeuvring in tight berths, navigating inland channels or approaching offshore assets, crews face constant pressure to maintain full awareness of their surroundings.

But traditional CCTV and loose single-purpose cameras often fail to provide the clarity operators need. They remove blind spots only partially, forcing crew to switch between multiple feeds and mentally “stitch together” different angles — a process that increases workload rather than reducing it.

VISOR brings 360° clarity to every maneuver.

VISOR eliminates blind spots both on the deck and on the water around the vessel, giving crews a complete, real-time understanding of their environment. Instead of juggling fragmented camera feeds, operators receive one clean, stabilised, stitched 360° visual stream.

What makes VISOR different?

• One single view instead of multiple camera feeds → Less cognitive load, faster decisions.
• AI‑enhanced perception → Motion and vessel highlighting make it easier to identify risks.
• Edge + Cloud integration → Real-time awareness onboard and remote visibility for the office.
• For any operation → From docking to towing to inland navigation.

VISOR is not just a camera system — it’s a connected navigation solution purpose-built for tugboats, workboats, inland vessels and other professional operations.

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Key Benefits

• Enhanced Safety
  
  • Reduce blind-spot related incidents
  • Improve awareness during mooring, towing, pushing and docking
  • Support crews during night operations and low visibility
• Higher Operational Efficiency
  
  • Smoother maneuvers with a complete picture around the vessel
  • Better coordination between bridge and deck
• Lower crew workload & Stress
  
  • A single stitched panoramic view eliminates the fatigue of switching between cameras
  • AI highlighting draws attention to movement or nearby tows
• Connected Operations
  
  • Remote monitoring for shore teams
  • Cloud-based replay for incident analysis or training

See VISOR in Action: Powerful Viewing Modes

VISOR comes with multiple viewing modes designed around how crews actually work:

• Bird’s Eye View – A complete stitched 360° top-down perspective
• Horizon View – Clear forward-looking awareness for navigation
• Tiny Planet View – Maximum spatial context in complex maneuvers
• Motion Highlighting – AI detects moving objects on your vessel
• Ship Highlighting – Automatically marks other vessels for fast identification

These modes help crews stay focused, reduce guesswork and react faster.

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A dedicated VISOR keypad on the bridge lets operators switch views and functions immediately, without using a mouse. Existing IP cameras can be integrated, making VISOR the central interface for vessel vision.

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dotOcean Cloud for VISOR

dotOcean Cloud for VISOR brings VISOR data to shore, giving superintendents and fleet managers the same operational reality as the crew:

• Fleet status dashboard – overview of VISOR-equipped vessels and system status.
• Live AIS data – see where vessels are and how they move.
• Operational overview – combine AIS and VISOR visuals to understand how manoeuvres are carried out in practice.
• Edge & cloud software updates – keep VISOR systems current with secure, remote updates.

Premium replay features (see further) turn everyday jobs into material for analysis, incident review and training.

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