Accessories & Equipment – Page 109

  • The Pop-Up bow light is currently available in marine grade 316 stainless steel.
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    Pop-Up Lights for Clear Decks

    2002-11-01T00:00:00Z

    A streamlined deck is not only aesthetically pleasing but also eliminates many common boating difficulties. Pop-Up navigation lighting from Accon Marine provides a perfect combination of function and practicality.

  • Transas Navi-Bridge will be on show at SMM.
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    SMM Launch for New Navigation Products

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Transas will exhibit under the motto Safety. Quality. IT. at SMM 2002. Transas'' Stand 11101 in Hall 11 will present a concentration of the latest IT developments in marine navigation and simulation.

  • The Thames Barrier Navigation Centre will receive radar and traffic information via Westicas Multirate Radio System
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    PLA Upgrades Radio Network and Training Capability

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The final phase of installation has recently been completed in a £ 500,000 communication network for the Port of London Authority. Westica Ltd''s 1.4GHz Multirate Radio System will speed the flow of radar and traffic information to the PLA''s Control Centres at Gravesend and the Thames Barrier Navigation Centre.

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    New Data Relay for Coastal Workboats

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A new pan-European short range radio telemetry system for relay of navigational data between all types of vessels at sea or offshore has been introduced by Ormston Technology.

  • The Fortress range of anchors now comes with a lifetime parts replacement warranty.
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    Parts Warranty is for Lifetime

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Florida USA based Fortress Marine Anchors has demonstrated confidence in their product range by increasing the length of its parts replacement warranty from three years to lifetime.

  • The latest delivery of 12 machines takes the total number of ASCs at ECT to 103.
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    ECT Stacks Up its 100th Automatic Crane

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    ECT Delta Terminal in Rotterdam has recently taken delivery of its 100th Kalmar Automatic Stacking Crane (ASC). As a proponent of automated handling systems, the terminal was the first to use Kalmar ASCs in 1989.

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    Hatch Re-Pad

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Among the latest vessels to benefit from the retrofit of MacGregor Flexipad hatch cover bearing pads is P&O Nedlloyd''s 4,230 TEU container ship Jervis Bay which had all steel pads replaced by Flexipads in June.

  • The customised knuckleboom crane will be used to launch and recover Jason II.
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    Titanic Team Knuckles Down for 'Jason II'

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The team of engineers and scientists who built the miniature remote-controlled submarine Jason Junior used in the investigation of the wreck of the Titanic has developed an advanced new ROV that will be deployed by a specially adapted Effer crane provided by the UK''s European Crane Services (ECS).

  • Millennium Liftings new crane makes light work of a harbour heavy lift.
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    Quayside Capability Elevates New Millennium Lifting

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Millennium Lifting of Seabrook in Kent UK have celebrated their second birthday by adding a third Liebherr crane to their fleet.

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    'The World' Lifted by Dreggen

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Munck Cranes AS has recently bought a majority shareholding in Dreggen Cranes AS, which is located with offices and production facilities by the seaside in Bergen, on the west coast of Norway. Nonetheless, Dreggen will continue as an independent company delivering a complete range of cranes and lifting equipment for ...

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    RN Crane System Completed

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Sheffield UK based mechanical handling specialists Street Cranexpress (SCX) has completed the second phase of a £ 32.5m contract to develop bespoke crane systems for three Royal Navy aircraft carriers.

  • Asian Hercules II worked near to its 3,200 tonne lift capacity when handling this 2,950 tonne lattice frame at Stord in Norway.
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    Record Lift for Smit Sheerlegs

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Smit''s 3,200 tonnes lift capacity Asian Hercules II returned to Norway in June to provide additional heavy lift assistance during the decommissioning of the Maureen platform.

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    NATO Chiefs in SAR Event at Russian Ministry of Defense

    2002-08-01T00:00:00Z

    In June, Transas demonstrated its latest developments in the field of Search and Rescue Operations to an international delegation of NATO chief officers during a seminar on navigation hydrological and hydro-meteorological equipment of search and rescue operations at sea.

  • Centurion Safety Products UK Sales Manager David Nevin presents Ivan Ransby with the Centurion Golden Helmet at the Old Custom House in Ipswich.
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    Golden Helmet Awarded to Port Accident Survivor

    2002-08-01T00:00:00Z

    In a recent accident at a crane berth in the Port of Ipswich, operations foreman Ivan Ransby was knocked unconscious when loose dunnage slipped from between packs of timber being unloaded onto the quay. The incident could have had fatal consequences had Ransby not been wearing a Centurion 1125 safety ...

  • In the rush for compliance with mandatory systems such as AIS, customers can miss vital information about actual system usage and how it can benefit their vessels.
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    AIS Training Course to Hit the Road

    2002-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Kongsberg Simrad Ltd has developed a one day course to give participants a basic insight into the mandatory requirements for Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), as well as its principles, application and benefits.

  • Tideland Signal is now worldwide distributor of Marine Data Systems AIMS MIII UAIS.
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    Tideland Signal Appointed UAIS Distributor

    2002-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Marine Data Systems of South Africa has appointed Tideland Signal of Surrey UK as distributor for AIMS MIII, its Automatic Identification System to aid tracking and data exchange between ship, shore and aids to navigation at sea.

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    Street Cranes Lift Princess' Plymouth Expansion

    2002-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Luxury sector boatbuilders Princess Yachts of Plymouth UK are expanding operations with a major redevelopment programme underway at their Newport Street facility.

  • A newly developed generation of tow winches use Hagglunds motors and brakes.
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    Hagglunds Drives High Powered Towing Winches

    2002-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The Engineering Business Ltd has developed a new generation of tow winches for the latest Sea Stallion cable ploughs using Hagglunds hydraulic motors and brakes. These cable ploughs are burying submarine cables up to 3m below the seabed.

  • This Gottwald HMK 300 E crane in the Brazilian port of Sao Francisco do Sul is of the same type as the one becoming operational this month in Kingston, Jamaica.
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    Gottwald Going to Jamaica

    2002-08-01T00:00:00Z

    German crane manufacturer Demag Mobile Cranes GmbH has won a contract to deliver a 100 tonne HMK 300 E mobile harbour crane to Kingston Wharves Ltd of Kingston, Jamaica. The crane was shipped from Dusseldorf in June and is scheduled to begin commercial operation in Kingston this month.

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    'Neptune' is King of the Ropes

    2002-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The winner of Cosalt''s competition to find a product name for its latest heavy duty polysteel potting rope is Devon skipper Alan Steer who came up with the name Neptune.