Atlantas Marine and Nauticast AG Launch New AIS

01 Dec 2002

Somerset UK based Atlantas Marine Ltd, well known for their distribution of the very useful VideoRay mini-ROV, have entered the IMO mandated growth arena for Automatic Identification Systems (AIS). 

It's Good to Talk In a Force 8 Gale

01 Dec 2002

The British Army Powerboat Team, supported by radio distributor Icom UK Ltd, circumnavigated Britain this summer in only ten days with 13 young soldiers crewing two 6.5m Humber Ocean Pro RIBs. Some of the team had never set foot in a RIB before training began for the 2,397 mile voyage. 

One-Box Gyrocompass and Motion Sensor from TSS

01 Dec 2002

A new attitude and heading reference system combining gyrocompass and motion sensor in one box has been launched by the recently re-branded VT TSS Ltd of Whitney UK. 

Southampton UAIS Trial Adds Weather and Hydro Data

01 Dec 2002

AIMS MIII, the universal automatic identification system (UAIS) from Marine Data Systems (MDS) of South Africa has recently completed a successful trial on the Solent conducted by Trinity House in collaboration with ABP Southampton, Red Funnel Ferries, Condor Marine and Tideland Signal, which distributes the system worldwide.