Low Cost Digital Compass Module

01 Sep 2003

Surrey UK based Inertial Aerosystems has announced the availability of a new solid state, dual axis, low cost digital compass module suitable for OEMs in high volume applications. 

Trials Expand for New ECDIS Service

01 Sep 2003

Shell has become the ninth large international shipping company to join sea trials of the new Admiralty ECDIS Service ahead of its official launch in the autumn. The service, developed by the UK Hydrographic Office to provide official electronic chart coverage on a global scale, combines Electronic Navigation Charts (ENCs) and Admiralty Raster Charts (ARCS) in a single package. The trials are being conducted to test and prove all aspects of<$>the service. 

VTS Upgrade Boosts Milford Haven

01 Sep 2003

Milford Haven Port Authority switched its control of shipping movements to a new VTS which was formally opened last month by Gwyneth Dunwoody MP, chairman of the influential Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Transport which is currently undertaking a review of the UK ports industry.