Product Description

3m intelligent buoy, combining navigation safety and real-time marine monitoring

System Overview:

This new-generation intelligent buoy combines the advantages of both navigational buoys and ocean observation buoys, achieving both navigational safety and data collection within a single system.

The complete system includes:

• Monitoring platform (remote data access and control)
• Internal equipment compartment (power supply and electronic systems)
• Underwater instrument well (for ocean sensors)
• Anti-theft hatch
• Mooring system
• Navigation components (lantern, topmark, radar reflector)

Compliance Standards:

• The design and manufacturing of the buoy comply with the following national and industry standards:
• Rules for the Classification of Mobile Offshore Units (2020, CCS)
• Rules for the Classification of Steel Seagoing Ships (2018, CCS)
• Rules for Materials and Welding (2015, CCS)
• JT/T 760-2009 — General Technical Conditions for Buoys
• JT/T 761-2009 — General Technical Conditions for Navigation Lights
• GB 4696-2016 — China Aids to Navigation in Sea Areas
• GB/T 549-2017 — Welded Anchor Chain
• GB 553-1983 — Chain Laying, Coating and Marking
• HY/T 143-2011 — Small Marine Environmental Monitoring Buoy

Key Features and Design:

This intelligent buoy utilizes the stable and reliable positioning characteristics of traditional navigational buoys while integrating modern meteorological and ocean monitoring functions.

Navigation Components

• Marine lantern, tower, daymark, night vision light and buoy body all comply with all AtoN standards.

Meteorological Instruments

• The top platform supports the installation of multiple sensors, including:
• Wind speed and wind direction
• Temperature and humidity
• Air pressure
• Visibility
• Camera and AIS antenna

Ocean Instruments

The instrument well installed at the bottom can accommodate:

• ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler)
• CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) and other sensors

Buoy diameter: 3 meters enables long-term, high-precision data collection in complex sea conditions.

Structural Design

• Buoy diameter: 3 meters
• Float: Rotationally molded LLDPE with EPS foam core
• Framework: Marine-grade stainless steel
• Lantern: Compliant with HF2.4m channel buoy standard
• Draft: 2 meters
• Freeboard height: >1 meter
• Focal plane height: >4.5 meters

Application Scenarios

The new intelligent buoy can serve both as an aid to navigation in channels and as an ocean monitoring platform.

It is suitable for:

• Port and channel marking
• Offshore bridge or wind farm monitoring
• Coastal research stations
• Environmental and meteorological observation

With its modular design, robust structure and compliance with industry standards, this buoy provides a comprehensive intelligent navigation and data acquisition solution — enhancing maritime safety while simultaneously delivering reliable real-time ocean data.

Optional Customization Services:

The 3m intelligent buoy can be customized according to specific project requirements.

Available customization options include:

• Color and daymark patterns — compliant with IALA Region A/B or local standards
• Light type and flash code — selectable according to range and intensity
• Telemetry module — AIS Type 1/3, GSM 4G/5G or satellite link
• Sensor package — wind speed, temperature, air pressure, visibility, ADCP, CTD or camera
• Power system — solar array size and battery capacity determined according to autonomy targets
• Mooring design — based on site-specific depth, current and wave conditions
• Marking and branding — OEM/ODM logo and packaging services available

About the Manufacturing Base

We are a high-tech marine enterprise integrating design, R&D, manufacturing, system integration and engineering services.

Our mission is to build an intelligent, multi-dimensional ocean observation network connecting the coast, open sea and deep ocean.