Accessories & Equipment – Page 64

  • Automatic activation of the onboard EPIRB alerted Stornoway coastguard to the capsizing
    News

    Automatic EPIRB activation saves sailors

    2012-08-27T07:30:00Z

    Kannad Marine has helped save the lives of seven French sailors, who were successfully rescued after their catamaran capsized just off of the west coast of Scotland last month.

  • The boat was successfully dropped from a freefall height of 60m
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    New world record for freefall lifeboat

    2012-08-23T16:31:00Z

    Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has set a new freefall lifeboat record with its new generation FF1200 boat.

  • The SAILOR 6217 VHF DSC Class D AIS Receiver integrates a two channel parallel AIS Receiver
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    VHF radio range extended for workboats

    2012-08-20T07:30:00Z

    Thrane & Thrane has expanded its established workboat and fishing vessel VHF radio portfolio with the launch of the new SAILOR 6217 VHF DSC Class D AIS Receiver.

  • JRC has issued a software update which makes the Admiralty Information Overlay available on all of its current ECDIS models
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    Information Overlay now available on ECDIS

    2012-08-20T07:30:00Z

    Marine electronics manufacturer JRC has issued a software update (V56) which makes the Admiralty Information Overlay available on all of its current ECDIS models.

  • The embedded GPS allows a variety of useful functions, such as the ability to save up to 100 waypoints
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    First fixed DSC radio to include GPS

    2012-08-17T07:30:00Z

    Marine transceivers manufacturer Standard Horizon has launched the GX1700E Explorer GPS DSC, which features a 12 channel internal GPS antenna built in to the front panel.

  • SES will be fitting a full specification of electronics on the hybrid ferries
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    NavComms package for newbuild hybrid ferries

    2012-08-17T07:30:00Z

    Marine electronics equipment supplier Ships Electronic Services (SES) has been awarded a £375,000 contract to supply all the navigation and communications equipment for two new Hybrid Ferries building at Ferguson Shipbuilders.

  • By reducing the weight and size of the splice, the A3 splice enables single person rope handling
    News

    Nice splice lines up a Seatrade award

    2012-08-09T07:30:00Z

    The Lankhorst Ropes A3 splice has gained the Seatrade Innovation in Ship Operations award.

  • Stena Transporter has been delivered with over 30 Solar Solv screens for the bridge
    News

    Screens all round optimise efficiency

    2012-08-09T07:30:00Z

    The attitude to screening ship’s navigation bridges from the sun has changed a lot in two decades.

  • News

    Rope trio merge for rigging supergroup

    2012-08-09T07:30:00Z

    Hendrik Veder, RopeQuip, and European Rope Services will merge on 1 September 2012, founding the Hendrik Veder Group.

  • The Survey and Examination of Lifting Appliances programme is delivered via CBT
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    Lifting operations survey training course

    2012-08-08T07:30:00Z

    The wide range of operational equipment both on board a vessel and dockside can make the job of a surveyor, and indeed anyone responsible for examining equipment, challenging and fraught with pitfalls.

  • Launch ceremony for the new Artemis cutter suction dredger
    News

    Air sprung ease for the Artemis

    2012-08-08T07:30:00Z

    The Artemis is a self propelled cutter suction dredger, but a lot has gone into making it as self contained as possible. Above all, is the ability to just keep churning as running a dredger is an expensive business.

  • The new machine will lift eight 1 ton bulk bags at a time
    News

    Big Blue lifts output at ancient Rye

    2012-08-08T07:30:00Z

    Situated in the ancient port of Rye UK, Rastrum Ltd has been a major force in the re-development of Rye wharf, with the company now occupying almost 24,000 m2 of storage and office space at the facility.

  • The CAST6 winch has a capacity for 10,000m of deepsea cable
    News

    The answer to ‘expanding environmental windows’

    2012-08-08T07:30:00Z

    It started when the US Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation asked the National Academies what were the most important factors in research vessel design.

  • News

    MCA renews nationwide service contract

    2012-08-01T07:30:00Z

    Survitec Group has won a major contract with the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) to service all the lifejackets used at MCA bases throughout the United Kingdom.

  • The upgraded engine room simulation facility at South Tyneside College
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    Simulator upgrade at South Tyneside College

    2012-08-01T07:30:00Z

    Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to supply a suite of upgraded navigation, engine room and VTS simulator hardware and software for an extensive facilities upgrade to the School of Simulation & Senior Marine at South Tyneside College.

  • Hatlapa's new premises will result in a radical review of processes
    News

    Operational centre for Hatlapa

    2012-07-31T11:35:00Z

    Hatlapa’s new facility in Bournemouth, UK, is Hatlapa’s group centre for all spare parts and service activity as well as a regional sales and service centre for the company’s range of deck machinery and steering gear.

  • A cargo ship is given a tug escort out of the Port of Southampton as seen in C-Vu 3D VTS
    News

    3D VTS enhances port operational safety

    2012-07-31T07:30:00Z

    Cardiff based GeoVS has produced what it claims is the world’s first commercial marine three dimensional vessel tracking system, bringing a step change in the monitoring and management of vessels in ports, estuaries and restricted waterways.

  • News

    Allied and Maersk in training partnership

    2012-07-31T07:30:00Z

    Aberdeen UK based offshore training provider Allied Training Services has entered a partnership with Maersk Training Aberdeen worth an estimated £100,000 over the next 12 months.

  • PC REMBRANDT utilises highly accurate ship models that include over 750 parameters
    News

    PC Rembrandt granted DNV accreditation

    2012-07-31T07:30:00Z

    BMT ARGOSS, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has had its marine manoeuvring simulator, PC REMBRANDT, granted DNV accreditation in accordance with Class S- Standard for Certification of Maritime Simulators No. 2.14 January 2011.