Accessories & Equipment – Page 108
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Extended CCTV for Aberden Harbour Security
The existing CCTV system for Aberdeen Harbour UK, which handles four million tonnes of cargo annually, has been extended to cover other strategic areas of the port.
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Wolf Wins Marine Type Approvals
Sheffield UK based Wolf Safety has obtained new marine Type Approvals from Lloyds Register and the MCA for their straight and right angle ATEX torches and updated Wolflite safety headlamps, which also conform to the forthcoming Explosive Atmospheres Equipment Directive 94/9/EC.
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NewsStacks of Opportunity for Trainee Marine Engineer
Marine industry training provider ITE has placed the first marine engineer apprentice to be employed by UK marina operator Marina Development Ltd. Dave Webb approached Dorset based ITE with his wish to become a marine engineer and was given the two year apprenticeship at MDL''s Cobb''s Quay Marina in Poole.
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NewsNew Training Facility for Seattle
The Pacific Maritime Institute (PMI) has selected Transas Marine USA to provide the navigational simulation systems for their new simulation and training facility which will open this summer in the Port of Seattle.
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New Cranes Buoy Up Trinity House's Services
The Trinity Lighthouse Service''s programme of upgrading its vessels'' equipment continues to bring major benefits and greatly improve operational efficiency.
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NewsStemat in Irish Sea Jack-Up Delivery
With its recent successful installation of a large jack-up rig in the Irish Sea, Stemat Marine Services of Rotterdam has proved that with the right equipment in the right place at the right time, almost anything can be lifted. But there was little room to spare when the assembled Calder ...
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Lankhorst Ropes Deliver Benchmark Clarity
It is becoming increasingly more difficult to understand the difference in the quality of mooring ropes due to new products continuously coming onto the market, each highlighting different characteristics. A benchmark which is increasingly being used to measure the performance of ropes in the maritime industry is TCLL value.
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NewsJack-Up Lifts Marine Site Investigation
Seacore has made use of a new Commachio crawler based automatic drill rig in conjunction with its Skate 3 jack-up pontoon to carry out a combined onshore and nearshore site investigation project along the route of a proposed waste water treatment works pipeline and sea outfall at Portrush in Northern ...
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NewsBarge Handling Reachstacker
Verbrugge Terminals BV in Terneuzen, The Netherlands, handles about 1.8 million tonnes of forest products each year which largely originate in Sweden and are shipped to Verbrugge by ro-ro vessel.
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NewsAtlantas Marine and Nauticast AG Launch New AIS
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).
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NewsIt's Good to Talk In a Force 8 Gale
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.
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NewsOne-Box Gyrocompass and Motion Sensor from TSS
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.
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NewsSouthampton UAIS Trial Adds Weather and Hydro Data
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.
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NewsCrews Clued Up with Bespoke Boat Safety Manuals
The tragic event in the UK this summer when celebrity Chris Evans and his horrified friends watched helplessly as their skipper vanished overboard highlights the need for all persons stepping on board a boat to be fully aware of safety procedures and the location of equipment.
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NewsFast Rescue Craft Training Courses Launched
RGIT Montrose, the Aberdeen based training specialists, have launched a new range of fast rescue craft training courses for personnel in the marine and emergency response vessel industry.
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NewsBSIF Steers Debate on New PPE Directive
The first draft of the proposed new Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Directive will be released for general discussion in December 2002, according to the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF).
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NewsMetso Gets a Load Off With Orbiting Slewing Shiploader
Metso Minerals'' Bulk Handling Division has recently delivered a unique dual orbiting slewing shiploader to the port of Jose in Venezuela. The dual unit, the first of its kind in the world capable of loading up to 2,000 tonnes per hour, is arranged to operate on two circular runways which ...
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NewsRugged New Mooring Rope from Cosalt
Cosalt Safety & Protection has introduced a new offshore mooring rope manufactured to OCIMF guidelines suitable for tankers and storage vessels using single buoy or monopoint mooring systems. It also has applications for the general fishing industry.
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NewsSmit Bridges Gaps in the Market
Smit''s Transport & Heavy Lift Division has been awarded a contract to provide heavy lift services during the construction of the world''s largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger. The newbuild for Belgian dredging giant Jan de Nul is being built by IHC Holland at their Rotterdam yard.
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NewsPort Lifting Equipment Blitz by Kalmar
Kalmar Industries, which manufactures a range of mobile container handling equipment and heavy lift equipment for port and other applications, has launched a range of new equipment which includes 9 to 18 tonne fork lift trucks, two reachstackers and a terminal tractor.
