Patent ID: 8180507

Claim:
A system for a marine vessel or a marine installation, the system comprising: a first subsystem configured to obtain information about sub-surface objects in a first region around said marine vessel or installation; a second subsystem configured to obtain information about above-surface objects in a second region around said marine vessel or installation; an Automatic Identification System (AIS) configured to receive identification information from vessels in the vicinity of the marine vessel or marine installation; a receiver configured to receive information from a control centre, the information comprising information from an information source external to said marine vessel or installation, the external information source being located on another marine vessel and the information comprising at least one out of metocean data and information about objects detected in the vicinity of the marine vessel on which the external information source is located; a processor arrangement configured to combine and process information from the first subsystem, the second subsystem, the AIS and the receiver, the processor arrangement being configured to perform correlation and assessment of data obtained using at least the first subsystem, the second subsystem and the AIS and being related to the same object; and a user interface configured to present the combined and processed information to a user of the system.