Accessories & Equipment – Page 43
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NewsPower for pull
The recently launched icebreaker ‘Murmansk’ is big and extremely powerful, but not all of that energy is simply centred on the propulsion.
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NewsExporting professionalism
“People often sigh when you talk about Health and Safety,” Denis Hogan of LEEA International told MJ, but he argued “it’s one of Europe’s most successful exports”.
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NewsWinches, knuckleboom and a big fin for Tridens I
It was originally budgetary cuts that pushed the Dutch government into thinking about extending the life of the 25 year old MS ‘Tridens I’, but whatever the driver, it certainly gave rise to an interesting refit.
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NewsNew Seacrewsader
Survitec Group has launched a new SOLAS lifejacket aimed at the industrial and commercial marine market. Developed under its Crewsaver brand, the new Seacrewsader 290N 3D is designed to provide increased levels of protection in the toughest and most extreme working environments.
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NewsRevolutionary radar range and resolution
Navico Commercial Marine Division recently announced the launch of its Simrad Halo Pulse Compression Radar, which the company claims is ‘the world’s most affordable solid-state, open-array radar system with pulse compression technology for non-SOLAS applications aboard commercial vessels’.
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NewsHenriksen Seawork debut
Single-point lifting hook specialist Henriksen hooks will be attending Seawork at Southampton, UK, for the first time as part of its continuing expansion into new markets.
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NewsBarge collapse still all too common
More and more project cargo is going by barge, pushed by Europe’s concern with pollution and its congested roads. But dramatic barge failures “are still a regular occurrence” says Carlos Maenhout of BMT Surveys.
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NewsThree system approach for Thuraya
Thuraya Telecommunications Company has launched what it claims is the industry''s most advanced satellite phone, the Thuraya XT-PRO. Targeted at professional users across a range of market sectors including government, energy, media and NGOs, the Thuraya XT-PRO is the only satellite phone to feature built-in GPS, BeiDou and Glonass for ...
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NewsBAE Systems builds the UK skills base
BAE Systems is supporting the growth of engineering and manufacturing businesses in the Solent (UK) through the Government funded Employment Ownership Programme (EOP) aimed at increasing the number of apprenticeships and raising high level engineering skills.
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NewsSMS spearheads safety scheme
SMS Towage says it is spearheading an industry drive to create a new national workboat safety standard for the UK. The East Yorkshire-based business is helping to implement the Maritime Coastguard Agency-approved Voluntary Towage Endorsement Scheme with the National Workboat Association (NWA).
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NewsLifejackets for Poland
UK-based maritime safety specialist and Seawork 2015 exhibitor International Safety Products (ISP) is continuing its thrust into the European military sector after securing a new contract with the Polish Navy.
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Crowdfunding for safety
Maritime Accident Casebook, the online safety resource for seafarers, has launched its second crowdfunding initiative to produce its next video casestudy, ‘The Case of the Incurious Navigators’. Based on the grounding of the ‘Ovit’ on the Varne bank, and looks at ECDIS issues, a common element in such incidents.
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NewsRevolutionary survival platform
Having a place of safety and allowing time for survivors to recover before being rescued at sea is behind the newly designed Seapod inflatable survival platform. The device, which will be making its Seawork International debut this year, combines the latest technology, with proven research to solve the age old ...
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NewsLifeCraft closer to approval
Viking Life-Saving Equipment has taken an important step on the road to gaining approval for the Viking LifeCraft, its innovative alternative life-saving appliance (LSA) for passenger ships.
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NewsMobile confined space training unit
Marlin Environmental Services Ltd, which claims to be the largest provider of confined space training in the South of the UK have announced fresh availability for its Confined Space and Confined Space Refresher mobile training unit, the we-come-to-you training solution for Confined Space, Refresher, Fire Sentry or Working at Height ...
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NewsHi-tech training simulator
A triple partnership between MARIN, Cruden and Tree C Technology has forged the basis for a new Fast Small Ship Simulator for the Dutch Ministry of Defence.
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NewsTeaching COLREGs
UK-based navigational trainers ECDIS Ltd, have most recently utilised new simulation training technology for COLREGs (collision regulations) teaching aids, creating a brighter way to train and assess students from their 150 major shipping company clients in the classroom.
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NewsSmallest AIS MOB device
Ocean Signal introduces its new rescueME MOB1 for the first time at Seawork International this year as the latest product in its range of devices integral to the safety of crew in the commercial environment.
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Bulk servicing
SeaSafe have just added their 50th lifejacket servicing centre to their network, meaning that most parts of the UK now have one within easy reach. The majority of these ‘Service Points’ are marinas but other organisations have joined the network too including sailing clubs and chandleries.
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NewsCompliance regulations should be dovetailed
Compliance is an ever increasing cost for businesses with more pieces of paper and more government bodies laying down regulations.
