Accessories & Equipment – Page 111
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$32 Million Indian Lift Contract for Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce business Syncrolift Inc has won a $32 million order to provide a ship lifting system at a new Indian naval base. The shiplift, the first of its kind in India, is scheduled to go into service at the Karwar base, south of Goa, in late 2004.
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NewsSafety Kit on Show at Posidonia
With universal automatic identification systems (UAIS) becoming a new requirement from 1 July 2002, McMurdo has collaborated with their Portsmouth UK neighbours, Transas, to jointly develop the MT1 UAIS system.
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NewsFire Suppression System for German Coast Guard
With the impending phasing out of Halon 1301 fire extinguishing systems by the end of this year, the German Coast Guard has started replacing its halon systems with Sea-Fire Marine''s H-Series engineered FM-200 fire suppression systems.
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NewsVirtual Reality Training for Port Operatives
Virtual reality is the key to a port operative''s training course at South Tyneside College, where maritime simulation systems are being integrated to generate true-life scenarios.
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New UK Navigation Training Centre Opens
Sperry Marine opened a new training centre last month in New Malden UK which is designed to provide realistic, practical training for ships'' navigation officers in safe and proper operation of modern navigation systems.
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NewsOslo Opts for Quiet, Clean Cranes
The Port of Oslo is undergoing development to increase its capacity and specifically requested electrically powered rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) rather than diesel powered because it is located in the heart of the city close to residential and leisure areas and it wanted to keep the environmental impacts (noise ...
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NewsHeila Knows Where Dock's Hose Goes
Simon Storage Ltd has taken delivery of its third Heila marine crane, supplied and installed at the company''s terminal at Northumberland Dock, North Shields UK by MET Marine of Chesterfield. The 450º slew Heila HLRM.25-5S marine crane has a specially constructed base plate designed to suit fitment on an existing ...
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NewsHazard-Free Retractable Chocks
With all of the hardware needed on a vessel, it is difficult to keep the deck clutter free.
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NewsMP Spotlights Anti-Glare Success
Solar Solve, the South Shields UK-based manufacturer of anti-glare roller screens for navigation and control room windows, has been so successful in penetrating foreign markets that its Member of Parliament, David Milliband, came to see the company at work.
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Alfred Cheyne Finds Overseas Projects for New Winch Designs
Scottish winch manufacturer Alfred Cheyne Engineering (ACE) has reacted to a downturn in its traditional fishing industry market by investing in new design and quality systems which have allowed the company to target larger and more specialist marine winching projects and customers overseas.
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NewsNo Gaps in New Generation ECDIS
Transas has launched an enhanced version of its commercial Navi-Sailor navigation systems, the Navi-Sailor 3000. This system incorporates all the functionality of the Navi-Sailor 2400, the first type approved ECDIS, but adds a number of new features beyond those called for in the IMO performance standards.
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NewsVessel Traffic Services Demo Day for UK Shipping Minister
The British Shipping Minister, David Jamieson MP, visited the Port of London earlier this month and included on his itinerary a stop at the Port of London Authority''s Control Centre at Gravesend.
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Multi-Function Radar for Dredger Integration
Dutch companies Imtech Marine & Offshore and IHC Systems formally recognised their close partnership by exhibiting jointly at Oceanology International in London earlier this month.
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JRC's UAIS First to Satisfy MCA
Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) become mandatory for all newbuilding passenger ships and most cargo vessels from July of this year, with the IMO''s implementation schedule requiring all ships over 300gt to embrace the shipboard broadcast transponder system by 2008.
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NewsCO2 Monitor Designed to Save Lives
The potentially lethal consequences of a leak from CO2 bottle stores has been identified by ship owners and regulatory bodies as a major cause for concern. As well as CO2 bottle stores, a new danger has been identified with dry ice systems used in theatrical productions on board cruise ships.
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Seaweather Marine Services Acquires Strentex
Seaweather Marine Services Ltd has expanded its UK based safety and survival equipment operation with the acquisition of Strentex Immersion Suits from Vernon Carus Ltd.
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News10 Year Cover for EPIRBs
Surrey UK-based Sartech Engineering, specialists in the supply of EPIRBs and other emergency equipment, make the tempting offer of extending the warranty up to 10 years for equipment supplied directly by themselves.
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NewsDFDS Cruise to Safety at Tyneside
South Tyneside College''s Marine Safety Training has established a unique training relationship with DFDS Seaways. The Danish cruise ferry operator, which operates a regular service from the Tyne, approached the College (STC) last October regarding fire fighting training. Crew members were required to undertake breathing apparatus exercises in a smoke ...
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NewsHook Marine Unloads Calmac's Worries
Marine crane specialist Hook Marine has helped Scottish ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac) ensure the efficient operation of its Fast Rescue Boat Launch and Recovery System.
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NewsMET Meets Marine Crane Design Challenge
MET Marine of Chesterfield UK has supplied a purpose-built 45 tonne/metre Heila HLRM.452S crane with special computer designed features to shipwrights George Prior Engineering Limited in Great Yarmouth for installation on a cruiseship for Hebridean Island Cruises Limited.
