Accessories & Equipment – Page 104
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NewsSafe Ship Gets Non-Slip Grip
Nearly half the ferry traffic in Scotland travels on the shortest route across the Firth of Clyde.
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NewsHoulder Holds Sway With HMS Dumbarton Castle's Cranes
Marine design consultancy Houlder has delivered two cranes for the Royal Navy''s Fishery Protection Vessel HMS Dumbarton Castle . The cranes replace obsolete units and will be used to handle the two RIBs on the aft deck. The RIBs, sited port and starboard, are the main part of the vessel''s ...
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NewsIn-Situ Machining Revamps Quayside Unloader
Having established that the slew ring on its 20 year old cement unloader was in need of replacement, the management of Leith & Forth Ports inScotland called in Metalock Engineering of Coventry to machine the 3.28m diameter slew ring surfaces to a high degree of flatness. This enabled a new ...
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Port of Felixstowe Upgrades Ship to Shore Cranes
The Port of Felixstowe (UK) is upgrading four of its ship to shore gantry cranes. The Morris built post-panamax cranes, which operate at Felixstowe''s Trinity Terminal , are now 18 years old and were designed to the traffic and vessel requirements of a different age.
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NewsAtlas' Southern Expansion Lifts Off
Winch specialist Atlas Winch & Hoist Services continues the expansion of their operations in the Southern UK with a relocation to new premises at Great Dunmow in Essex. The development of hire and sales activities at Atlas Winch & Hoist Services (Southern) Ltd is being led by Anton Lavery, joining ...
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NewsSatComs Extended to Smaller Vessels
One of the many exhibitors showing new marine communications equipment at Europort last month was France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications , which introduced Inmarsat Fleet 55 and 33 mobile satellite services. These mean that Inmarsat''s Fleet family of maritime communications is no longer restricted to the high seas or transoceanic ...
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NewsMcMurdo Launch Explosion at Europort
McMurdo Limited , the Portsmouth UK based manufacturer of marine electronic and safety equipment had an eventful Europort last month, revealing a new corporate branding and launching two new products plus a new website.
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NewsEuroport Debut for Satellite Vessel Tracking System
UK based operator of global satellite based telematics information services Satamatics travelled to Amsterdam to launch a new miniature SAT 101 mobile satellite terminal at Europort last month. The new terminal, with its integral GPS receiver enables port authorities and other coastal operators to track the location, speed and heading ...
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NewsTanker Giant Joins ECDIS Trial
Oil tanker operators Teekay Shipping is the latest shipping company to enrol for sea trials of the forthcoming Admiralty ECDIS Service , which is expected to launch in Spring 2004. Trials are being conducted to test and prove all aspects of the service ahead of launch. The service has been ...
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NewsHalf Way To Go For GAFIRS
In an unusual vessel supply contract supportive of their local rescue organisation, Portsmouth UK based Halmatic Limited has handed over a ''rolling chassis'' Pacific 30 RIB Rescue Boat to Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS).
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NewsNew Player Delivers Divers' Lifeboat
Oceanwide Safety at Sea maybe a new name in the marine safety field but with 12 of its team coming from Mulder & Rijke and Schatt Harding , there is no shortage of experience among the staff. Founded in 2002, Rotterdam based Oceanwide S. a.S.
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NewsRaytheon Navigates Into Europort
Raytheon Marine travels to Europort from its plant in Kiel, Germany with the successor to its best selling Gyro Compass Standard 20, which is in operation on over 5,300 vessels worldwide.
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NewsUnified VTS For South Wales Ports
Transas Marine UK Ltd has won a contract to supply a Vessel Traffic Services System for Associated British Ports'' South Wales ports, Cardiff, Barry, Newport, Swansea and Port Talbot.
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Port Info Tech at Europort
Marine and port information technology specialist Norcontrol IT will be showing its solutions for VTS, VTMIS, Port Management Information Systems, AIS and port security on Stand 07.7167A at Europort 2003.
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NewsNew SSAS Cures Maritime Security Headache
The Tracs-Ships'' Security Alert System (SSAS) launched by Thales Navigation Ltd has overcome a major problem being faced by port authorities world-wide. The unit is based on a Thales Inmarsat-C tracking unit that has been refined to exceed the IMO specifications for SSAS units. As a result, the Tracs-SSAS introduces ...
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Scot Gets a Grip On Maritime Safety
Having spent many years working in the onshore and offshore oil and gas industries, Colin Prise recognised that the safety and welfare of the workforce was of primary importance. The company he established in 1990, Scotgrip (UK) Ltd, has just launched a new anti-slip gangway tread which it believes will ...
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Powerful Towing Winches for UAE Tugs
Ridderinkhof BV of the Netherlands recently supplied bespoke towing winches for the anchor handling tugs Wassay and Jabbar, built by Damen Shipyards at Gorinchem for Gulf Services Office in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsThe £1 Million Load Lifter
Great Yarmouth Stevedoring faced a difficult task last month when required to unload a 20m long, 89 tonne drilling rig valued at £ 1 million from the hold of a cargo ship. They consulted Lifting Gear Hire, which specified a pair of 50 tonne Modular Lifting Beams plus wire rope ...
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NewsDavit Drives Smooth RNLI Operations
Drives and motors from ABB are helping the UK''s Royal National Lifeboat Institution to launch its fast inshore lifeboats quickly and safely.
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NewsNew Carriers Lift Liverpool's Productivity
Work is underway at the Port of Liverpool''s Seaforth Container Terminal on assembling the first of six new Noell straddle carriers. The machines were purchased by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to handle increased traffic generated by three new lines and organic growth among established services.
