Accessories & Equipment – Page 100

  • Qualifications in hand for Adsteam Humber crew. From left to right are Geoff Humphreys, Dennis Wright, Scott Ward and Steven Jewitt.
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    Humber Staff Top of the Class

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Crews at Adsteam Humber have landed a number of professional qualifications recently, and are among the first in the UK to achieve them.

  • The worlds first Survey Vessel Simulator has been installed in St Petersburg, Russia.
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    First Survey Vessel Simulator

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The official trial of the world''s first Survey Vessel Simulator, manufactured by Transas for the Russian Ministry of Defence''s Directorate of Navigation and Oceanography ''s Kedr development project has been completed successfully.

  • Opening ceremonies for the RNLIs new Lifeboat College at Poole.
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    RNLI's Lifeboat College Opens

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Continuing its commitment to providing the highest possible level of training, and subsequently saving the highest possible number of lives, the RNLI has opened the unique and purpose built Lifeboat College near its Poole headquarters. The project, which cost a total of £ 25m and has an estimated annual running ...

  • mars2 covers all ISPS required training aspects.
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    Training Goes to mars2 at SMM Exhibition in Hamburg

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Following the split of STN Atlas Elektronik last year, much of the operation remained in Bremen with Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH , which launched its new Maritime Safety and Security Training Environment (mars2) at the recent SMM Exhibition inHamburg.

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    Drop Tested SART Meets New SOLAS Regs

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The S.701 SART being used by Viking Life Saving Equipment claims to be the first in the world to use non-hazardous battery packs and meets SOLAS requirements for liferafts.

  • Israfil Guseinov at work in the Caspian Sea.
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    Winch System Upgrade in Caspian Sea

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The upgrade of the 10 point winch mooring system on board the pipe lay vessel Israfil Guseinov has been successfully completed to the satisfaction of operators McDermott Caspian Contractors Inc.

  • The 59,500 ton Thunder Horse is the largest PDQ ever built.
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    'Thunder Horse' Gets to Texas PDQ

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Dutch heavy transport shipping company Dockwise further advanced the market for moving ultra-large and heavy items by sea when it delivered the largest semi-submersible Production & Drilling Quarters (PDQ) ever built to Texas last month.

  • The new TTS Winch Bollard made its debut at SMM last month.
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    Mooring Bollard Eases Alongside at SMM

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    TTS Marine Cranes ASA of Norway launched a new product at SMM which promises to make mooring operations safer and more cost effective. The ship mounted TTS Winch Bollard mooring system can replace mooring winches, capstan, wrapping drums and bollard normally used for mooring.

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    Crane Gain Lifts Lloyds British Testing Plc

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Birmingham based lifting equipment specialist Lloyds British Testing plc has acquired the Swansea engineering business Rumney Crane , which provides lifting solutions for ports and harbours. Rumney is to be integrated into Lloyds British Testing and will be called Lloyds Rumney Crane Division .

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    New Ship to Shore Crane for Felixstowe Extension

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK Port of Felixstowe took delivery of its latest Ship to Shore Gantry Crane (SSGC) late last month when the second of an order of three SSCGs arrived from China.

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    Syncrolift Upgrades Software

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    New software has been launched by Syncrolift Inc , part of the Rolls-Royce naval marine business in the USA that has installed 226 of its Syncrolift lifting platform systems worldwide. They provide an elevator mechanism to lift a large range of marine vessels from the water, transfer them to dry ...

  • ECS and the AQUA Group sign the CranePower agency agreement for the Middle East at SMM last month.
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    ECS Returns with CranePower

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Kent UK based European Crane Services (ECS) resurfaced at the SMM Exhibition in Hamburg last month with the exclusive rights to sell Crane Power cranes in excess of 35 countries.

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    Lifeboat Builder's Eastern Promise

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian lifeboat and davit specialist Schat-Harding hasadvanced its strategy to expand market share with cargo ships built at Asian yards by taking over the lifeboat manufacturing plant and product range of China''s Beiyang Boatbuilding Co . The lifeboat factory at Qingdao currently produces about 100 boats per year from a ...

  • A combination of animated graphics and text on the Safelaunch CD provides an effective training tool for multinational crews.
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    Maintenance Manual Breaks the Language Barrier

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Survival Craft Inspectorate Ltd has introduced a unique, animated CD version of the operation and maintenance manual for its Safelaunch ® lifeboat release gear.

  • Aerial photography company BlueSky has supplied the UKHO with high resolution coastal imagery to aid in the production of charts that accurately reproduce the rise and fall of the land in coastal zones.
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    BlueSky Meets Sea for UKHO

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Aerial photography company BlueSky has supplied the UKHydrographic Office with high resolution coastal imagery to aid in the production of charts that accurately reproduce the rise and fall of the land in coastal zones.

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    SAM Electronics at SMM VTS Extension for Finisterre

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A futuristic integrated bridge assembly will be one of the primary exhibits when SAMElectronics takes to Stand 260 in Hall 12 at SMM 2004 in its home city of Hamburg. Also on show will be an extensive range of advanced automation, communication, navigation, propulsion and power management systems.

  • The ultra-modern Transas simulator is set into a bridge which replicates a 1930s steamer at the Rauma Maritime Museum.
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    Transas Supplies Simulator to Rauma Maritime Museum

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    New technology met with old when Transas delivered a Navi-Trainer Professional 4000 simulator to the Rauma Maritime Museum in Finland.

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    Expanded Lilley & Gillie at SMM

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Tyneside based manufacturers of navigational instruments and nautical equipment Lilley & Gillie attend SMM 2004 at the end of a two year period during which the company has expanded dramatically.

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    Successful Season at Seatrek Training

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Seatrek Training of Argyll has enjoyed an exceptionally busy season with its programme of commercial workboat training.

  • EU co-funded ship evacuation trials have volunteer passengers negotiating a large scale smoke-filled test facility capable of dynamic motion superimposed over an angle of heel.
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    Major Ship Evacuation Research Underway

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Pioneering trials measuring the ship evacuation performance of passengers in conditions including smoke and rolling motion are being conducted as part of a research project led by British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) and co-funded by the European Union FP5 Competitive and Sustainable Growth Programme and Precarn (funding for Canadian partners).