Accessories & Equipment – Page 39
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NewsReducing tension headaches
It is quite simple says Ross Cowie, project engineer of ACE Winches’ design team: “Electrically powered lifting gear, with electronic interfaces, offer better control.” And this is exactly what some projects demand.
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NewsPaper-chart-sized touch display
Netherlands-headquartered JRC and Alphatron Marine have announced a new digital AlphaChartTable. It includes a phenomenal 46-inch touch display, well known from the premium bridge design, where routes can be planned on a more realistic ‘paper chart’ scale.
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NewsLoad cell saving lives
A Straightpoint 5t Wirelink Plus and Handheld Plus digital display were recently delivered to the UK’s RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Centre (ILC).
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NewsRapp wins in China
Norwegian-headquartered Rapp Marine has got not one, but two new Chinese contracts under its belt, both for research vessels.
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NewsFast rescue monitoring
A Canadian company has developed a safety and security system that allows a shore station to closely monitor the machinery and operation of fast rescue boats in any part of the World.
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NewsSamson’s rope on the hotplate
Rope has to deal with a lot of harsh realities: both heat and ultraviolet do their level best to degrade the fibres.
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News24 hours in a liferaft
Twelve brave volunteers from Maersk Training in Newcastle, UK took part in a gruellingly physical and mental challenge by spending 24 hours at sea in a small life raft.
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Danelec approval
Denmark-headquartered marine electronics company Danelec Marine has announced that classification society DNV GL has awarded a type approval certificate with EU Wheelmark designation for the new DM800 ECDIS G2 series Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS).
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NewsHigh North navigation
French company iXBlue is using Fibre Optic Gyroscope (FOG) technology to provide navigational accuracy for extreme maritime applications such as high Northern latitude navigation, nuclear submarine stealth operation as well as mission critical space applications.
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NewsFrench connections
France-headquartered marine instrument company LCJ Capteurs recently launched a collection of new products at the Marine Equipment Trade Show in Amsterdam. The products increase the functionality or connection potential of a number of commonly encountered barometric and wind measurement devices both of the company’s own manufacture and others’.
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NewsSimrad plots route to conservation
A complete bridge system overhaul using technology from global marine electronics brand Simrad has enhanced the ground-breaking conservation work done by the Auckland Whale & Dolphin Safari in New Zealand.
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NewsTug safety deal
French-owned McMurdo Group, has announced that its distributor, Alphatron Marine BV, has won the tender to supply Dutch tug company KRVE (Koninklijke Roeiers Vereniging Eendrachtthe), with McMurdo’s Smartfind S20 Personal AIS Beacon.
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NewsA life-ring for the 21st century
UK-based Salvare Worldwide is best known for its innovative inflatable survival platform, the Seapod, but now the company says its new smaller cousin, the Mini-Pod, is proving to be just as popular across even more markets.
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Compass services
Netherlands-based Radio Holland has been appointed by German compass maker Cassens & Plath to conduct Magnetic Compass replacement services, in all countries where Radio Holland holds office. Before, these services were conducted by Cassens & Plath themselves, and forwarded to an appropriate service agent.
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NewsAsia Pacific’s first MEOSAR station
French-owned McMurdo Group, has announced that it has completed the installation of a six-antenna next-generation Medium-Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) satellite ground station system in New Zealand.
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NewsSafe surveying
Survey ships and many marine construction vessels are often required to go into areas of shallow water where the chart may not always show reliable information. The margins for safe navigation can be quite small in these circumstances partly because there is little incentive to survey areas that ships do ...
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NewsSea wave height measurement
The Dutch company of TBV Marine Systems, part of High-tech-Solutions & Design B.V., is using an innovative Wave Measurement System first shown at Europort 2015 by its Dutch manufacturer; Krohne.
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NewsRescue boat transport
Two high-speed boats from Sweden have been sent by the not-for-profit NGO, the Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS), to join the sea rescue effort in the Eastern Aegean. The SSRS approached GAC Sweden to coordinate the transportation of the two 12-metre boats each weighing 12 tonnes to Greece, as a ...
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NewsHyperbaric acquisition
Unique Group, the UAE-headquartered integrated subsea and offshore solution provider, has acquired Netherlands-based Oceanwide Safety at Sea, an expert in the design, construction and maintenance of self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboats.
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NewsDamen builds new fireboat for Amsterdam
Damen Shipyards has built a new fire-fighting vessel for the Amsterdam Fire Department. The vessel is designed to operate in the narrow and shallow city canals, which put restrictions on vessel design.
