We are proud to pioneer, in 1988, within the framework of the MONICAP™ project, a pilot installation of the first satellite tracking complex using Global Positioning System (GPS) and INMARSAT-C Satellite Communications, which enabled the vessel position, speed and course to be sent to a terrestrial control centre.

Since that time, the team of INOV engineers has been updating and maintaining the MONICAP™ system for Fishery Fleet Management (VMS, Vessel Monitoring System), expanding the portfolio of corresponding products and services.

The MONICAP™ system, in the form of VMS or FMC (Fisheries Monitoring Centre), is currently installed in about 800 fishing vessels operating under control of Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland and Angola.

INOV also developed products in the area of Terrestrial Fleet Management (XTraN ™) adapted for local, regional and transnational applications. This competitive cost-effective system uses GSM, Tetra or INMARSAT-C communications system.

In the area of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), INOV provides the SEASAT™ and SIMORE™ systems.

The experience gained by INOV in the area results in many significant achievements, the most important being the development of the satellite transmitter prototype INMARSAT-M and participation in several European projects in the fields of VTS (Vessel Traffic Services), VTMIS (Vessel Traffic Management Information System) and VTMS (Vessel Traffic Management System), such as VASME, MOVIT and DISC II.