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• Virtual Tangier for Morocco

  Pilots from Tangier Port who have been training at South Tyneside College are so impressed with the college’s simulator system they decided to invest in similar specialist equipment just for themselves. 16 Mar 2010

• Lifeboat ceremony interrupted by rescue

  A recent ceremony recognizing lifeboat heroes was interrupted as the recipients of the Bravery Medals dropped everything to make another, on the spot emergency rescue. 16 Mar 2010

• Evacuation chute breakthrough for workboats

  For the first time a Marine Evacuation System (MES) been developed for special purpose vessels such as offshore support craft. 16 Mar 2010

• Seawork meeting leads to safety in style

  Has the leisure market got anything to teach the commercial side? Well, yes, apparently. It seems that there have been a number of crossovers ‘upstream’. 16 Mar 2010

• Ready for rescue in two minutes

  In the UK, the devastating floods of 2007 and recurrent extreme weather patterns have shown the need for flood rescue boats which are, as much as anything else, fast on the scene. 16 Mar 2010

• Deckband brings safety to workboat crew

  Deckband, a Bluetooth radio communication system that enables mariners to communicate effectively in a challenging environment, was originally developed for the leisure market. 16 Mar 2010

• Further ECDIS Ltd training partnerships – by David Goodfellow

  Chelmsford UK based ECDIS Ltd, the specialist ECDIS training concern which last autumn concluded an agreement with PC Maritime of Plymouth, has extended its services to Sweden following signing of a partnership agreement with Adveto of Stockholm. 16 Mar 2010

• New Magellan GNSS receiver – by David Goodfellow

  US global positioning specialists Magellan Navigation, whose European bases are in Moscow and Nantes, France, have developed a new state of the art receiver with patented means to use multiple GNSS constellations for high accuracy positioning and surveying solutions, ProFlex 500. 16 Mar 2010

• Seabeam for new Russian research ship – by David Goodfellow

  Under an agreement with Transas Russian Fleet Ltd, L-3 ELAC Nautik of Kiel in Germany is to deliver and install a Seabeam 3020 multibeam sounder aboard a new icebreaking research vessel presently under construction at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg for the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology & Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET). 16 Mar 2010

• Major US orders for Reson – by David Goodfellow

  Seven hydrographic survey launches operated by the US National Ocean Survey, an agency of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are to be equipped with SeaBat-7125 SV multibeam sonar systems from Denmark’s Reson A/S. 16 Mar 2010

• New updated anti-piracy training package

  With Somali pirates continuing to attack shipping and a number of nasty incidents occurring elsewhere, such as off the coast of West Africa, Videotel’s launch of a revised version of its Piracy & Armed Robbery training package is particularly timely. 16 Mar 2010

• US Navy extends swimmer detection security system

  Sonardyne International has sold and delivered additional Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar Systems for the US Navy. They will be used for the Integrated Swimmer Detection Program managed by the Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport RI. 16 Mar 2010

• Truckloads of buoys for Sheringham Shoal

  This month sees the start of the installation phase for MT Hojgaard of the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm but, as John Caskey of Hydrosphere told MJ, ‘Nothing much can happen until the site marking buoys are placed in position’. 16 Mar 2010

• Light Dues will still rise

  Although the UK Government has softened its April Light Dues hike to 2%, according to Maritime UK this could still cause significant harm to UK trade. 16 Mar 2010

• International funding powers tidal turbines

  Siemens Energy has invested in British tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines Ltd, alongside the Carbon Trust, High Tide and other private investors. 16 Mar 2010