Accessories & Equipment – Page 52

  • The UKHO's latest guide promises to ease the transition to electronic charts
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    UKHO publishes ECDIS guide

    2014-06-13T12:00:00Z

    The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has published a new Nautical Publication to support the transition to Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS).

  • News

    ENC management simplified

    2014-06-13T12:00:00Z

    A new solution called FlatFee by US company Jeppesen, promises to help maritime professionals accurately predict charting costs and to streamline the process of purchasing official electronic navigational charts (ENCs).

  • The Caley-built A-frame still in the picture with ‘Alvin’ after three decades
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    Thirty years of weight issues

    2014-06-13T11:30:00Z

    Launch and recovery units have to be considered when the submersibles they serve get an upgrade, especially as the weight always seems to go up, never down.

  • IMO secretary general Koji Sekimizu has called for a new policy to take action on improving passenger ship safety on domestic as well as international routes
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    Interferry speaks out about South Korea ferry incident

    2014-06-13T11:00:00Z

    Ferry trade association, Interferry, has commented on the recent ferry disaster in South Korea pointing out that although fatal ferry accidents are rare in developed countries it doesn’t diminish the industry’s ongoing commitment to advancing safety measures.

  • ‘Rolldock Sea’ beginning offload of the dredger onto the prepared ramp, Paranam
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    Offloading the hard way

    2014-06-12T13:00:00Z

    Co-operation – and improvisation – were the keys to getting a dredger off a ship where there was little infrastructure in place the other end.

  • News

    Maritas to offer HELM (O)

    2014-06-12T09:52:00Z

    UK based marine training provider Maritas have announced at Seawork 2014 that they have received MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency) approval to offer the three day course in Human Element Leadership and Management (Operational).

  • These new active heave compensated (AHC) cranes provide the benefits of a normal rope luffing crane and a traditional knuckle boom crane
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    Rope luffing knuckle boom crane

    2014-06-12T09:30:00Z

    Huisman, the Netherlands’ specialist in lifting, drilling, and subsea solutions, has introduced a new rope luffing knuckle boom crane to better provide for subsea installation in increasingly deeper water and in severe weather conditions.

  • News

    Lifeboats and davits testing

    2014-06-12T08:30:00Z

    SWL Rope Lifting and Testing Ltd has been approved as an Independent Service Provider for the Annual Servicing and Testing of lifeboats and davits with approval from Lloyds Register.

  • ComPro beacons can be mounted at as many locations as needed
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    ComPro bridges the gaps

    2014-06-12T08:30:00Z

    Top Side Offshore Technology has launched a new offshore communication system based on GSM technology, designed to bridge the gaps in communication offshore.

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    Double D and Van Wijngaarden

    2014-06-11T10:00:00Z

    In 1974 Wim van Wijngaarden founded Van Wijngaarden Marine Services and his company works worldwide. He has worked closely with Double D since 2007 when he ordered a boat at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld on which a Heila crane was installed. Wim explains this long and profitable relationship between these two ...

  • News

    Joint safety training venture

    2014-06-10T12:16:00Z

    Leading UK wind energy safety training provider, Safety Technology Ltd, has entered into a joint venture with German safety specialist, Offtec to share safety training facilities.

  • GX1200E Eclipse
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    The affordable DSC VHF

    2014-06-10T12:14:00Z

    Exhibiting at Seawork International on stand B 133, Standard Horizon announces the arrival of the new GX1200E Eclipse DSC+.

  • News

    Even bigger for Boskalis?

    2014-06-10T12:13:00Z

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has just announced that it has started investigating the potential for a new ultra large V-Class Heavy Transport Vessel (HTV).

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    New polar ship equipment

    2014-06-10T12:12:00Z

    The newly announced £200m British polar research vessel announced by Chancellor George Osborne in April will have state of the art deck equipment, including launch and recovery equipment able to deploy subs and other ocean survey and sampling gear.

  • KML's 'Severn Sea', part of a team with a history of tidal turbine deployment
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    Support for DeltaStream device

    2014-06-10T12:11:00Z

    Innovative tidal energy projects that promise much for the future are reliant on their supply and deployment strategy.

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    AHDs for the Japanese

    2014-06-09T15:08:00Z

    UK''s Drumgrange has delivered a million pound contract to supply Acoustic Hailing Devices to the Japanese Coast Guard.

  • Furuno's FMD 3200 and 3300 ECDIS units
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    Learn to speak ECDIS

    2014-06-09T15:07:00Z

    Furuno, the Japanese marine electronics specialists, have announced that their NavSkills network is to be expanded with new training facilities opening in the UAE and Italy. Furuno’s training is type specific and ensures that navigators can safely and efficiently operate their latest ECDIS units.

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    Cloud-based ship management

    2014-06-09T15:07:00Z

    Global telecoms giant, Orange, has joined a European Union-sponsored initiative to play a key role in the development of new business intelligence and IT standards that are aimed to improve management tools used by the shipping industry.

  • News

    Broadband aboard

    2014-06-05T12:55:00Z

    Accessing weather information and chart updates, keeping in contact with loved ones or simply checking the news are now as simple to do at sea as they are on land with the launch of Fleet One from the UK''s Inmarsat Maritime.

  • The red nylon version of the K2 275N twin chamber lifejacket
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    Commercial lifejacket debut

    2014-06-05T12:54:00Z

    Ocean Safety’s new commercial twin chamber lifejacket, named the K2, will be making its UK debut at Seawork International this year.