Accessories & Equipment – Page 42
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Tracking people aboard
A live demo of the Monalisa 2.0 project in Milan in June was attended by safety and technical management of Carnival Group, the largest cruise company in the world, and by the Naval Armaments Directorate of the Italian ministry of defence.
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NewsApprentice Watermen take to the sea
On a bright and blustery day in early June, 24 apprentice Watermen took to the lower reaches of the River Thames on a ‘familiarisation’ cruise aboard the Gravesend based pleasure boat ''Princess Pocahontas''.
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News150 years of German lifeboats
The 150th anniversary of the German lifeboat service is celebrated in a handsome book of images, as appreciated by Graeme Ewens.
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NewsTidal assistance
DelNorte in conjunction with OceanWise has delivered a new on-line tidal level system to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to assist its crews to safely launch its rescue craft from its new Lifeboat station at Portishead, Avon, UK.
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NewsBeating the rush for mandatory training
According to a UK maritime training provider, the requirements enforced by the UK’s new Workboat Code could lead to a last minute rush for personnel to obtain qualifications.
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NewsNarwhal to the rescue
Ocean Safety has announced its appointment as UK sales and service agents for the full range of Narwhal SOLAS approved Rescue Boats. Narwhal models include the SV-420, SV 480, FRB 700 and SV 750 Inflatable RIBs.
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NewsActipass locks on – with no contact
A very, very new access system has been designed which can automatically ‘hang’ within 15cm of an access platform “like a bee in front of a flower” explained Jean-Pierre Moreau of French deck equipment specialist ACEBI.
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NewsInside the box, evolution for inertial technology
For those of us who look at a black box and wonder why the fuss, it’s useful to chat to someone who understands why a recent microelectronic breakthrough will make a big difference to motion compensated access.
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NewsDeeper water, longer reach and easier operation
Capable, with a 15 tonne capacity and rated to 4,050m, Seaonics’ A-frame has a trick up its sleeve – a knuckle joint about three-fifths of the way up.
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NewsHybrid crane marks the way forward
There’s a new 150 tonne knuckleboom crane that can actually generate far more energy that it will consume during a lowering operation.
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NewsPutting the ‘walk’ into ‘walk-to-work’
As the 108m ‘Acta Orion’ is to provide an easy ‘walk-to-work’ for technicians rather than a high speed journey followed by a potentially nasty scramble up a wind tower, it’s involved a careful look at the access system.
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NewsMercy mission davits
Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has supplied a PLR-3600 FCR davit to the offshore vessel ‘Siem Pilot’, which is Norway’s official contribution to Operation Triton, the European mission to rescue African refugees in the Mediterranean.
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Enhanced dry suit capabilities
US based Mustang Survival says it has enhanced the capabilities of its Sentinel Series dry suits using feedback from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) giving improved performance and ease of use.
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NewsLEDs lead the way
Now that a single LED floodlight can last for years rather than months and use a fraction of the power of a comparable filament bulbed light source, LED floodlighting is now a very desirable piece of deck equipment, but not all LED Floodlighting is the same. According to Seawork International ...
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NewsLifting personnel safely
Harken Industrial is launching its new LokHead winch at Seawork 2015 - a self-tailing, man-riding winch with the security and safety of a captive head, and the company claims, offering complete security against accidental free fall.
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NewsNew capstan design
Seaway Powell Marine has revealed a new design of capstan. These new winches build on the Seaway Powell Marine reputation for quality and robustness, but the real changes are inside with modern bearing technology minimising servicing requirements.
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NewsShakespeare is the first to use silver plating
“As far as we know we’re the first to use the new technology,” so says Chris Catoe of the Shakespeare Antenna Group, speaking about the use of silver plating on antennas. “We’ve not seen anyone else doing it out of our competitors.”
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NewsBags of answers for crucial tests
It’s a Catch-22 situation: load-bearing deck structures require regular testing but when it comes to man handling solid weights into things like lifeboats, for example, it becomes a scary proposition.
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NewsTurkish interest in special solutions
A number of recent Turkish research vessels have gone for a Sea-Bird – MacArtney oceanographic instrumentation and winch combination: Hans Jorgen Hansen of MacArtney puts it down to reliability “and word getting around”.
