Vessel remote monitoring system with shore-based database server, allowing real time on-shore or on-vessel monitoring of vessel data, including voltage and current of generator and main engine, fuel tank level, vessel location and orientation, fire detection alarm and bilge water level alarm status, etc.

The vessel monitoring system consists of 4 sub-systems:

1. Signal acquisition: collect required signal in various formats and convert signal into backbone signal format.
2. Signal backbone: Data cable running throughout the whole vessel for signal collection and transmission, with TCP/IP gateway for Ethernet network connection
3. Connectivity: A total of 5 communication channels with 4G FDD-LTE network, which could be combined by a special VPN tunnel for bandwidth bonding function, load balancing and data encryption purposes. A secure router with fixed IP will be installed on shore control center and will be used for shore side connection to the on-vessel VPN channel.
4. Monitoring Platform: The encrypted 4G FDD-LTE transmission pair could be registered to either cloud server or private server appliance. Operator could login to the monitoring platform for remote administration.

After completion of the project, shore control center with monitoring PC shall be able to make secure connection to ship and monitor the selected operational parameters in a real-time manner. After completion of the project, shore control center with monitoring PC shall be able to make secure connection to ship and monitor the selected operational parameters in a real-time manner.