Accessories & Equipment – Page 99

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    Workboat Training Needs Met at Seawork

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Ever mindful of small workboat training needs, Seatrek Training Limited comes to Seawork 2005 with a new Competent Deckhand Course. The course has been designed by Seatrek''s John Robertson specifically to address this neglected aspect of commercialworkboat training.

  • Cleemanns flagship SeaMaster Pro pilots chair will be on show at Seawork 2005.
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    German Chairmen Slide Into Seawork 2005 International

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    With exhibitors now coming from as far afield as Australia and Singapore, Seawork2005 International is indeed growing in stature as an event which attracts global interest.

  • A view from aft of the HS Marine crane supplied to Orkney Towage.
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    ACE Makes Space for New Marine Crane Range

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Scotland based Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd (ACE) has taken on the role of sole distributor for HS Marine cranes in the UK and Ireland.

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    Schmitt Purchase Unchains Lloyds Beal

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    As part of a comprehensive two year realignment, Cardiff based Lloyds Beal Limited , one of Europe''s longest established suppliers of anchors and chains, has sold its marine trading interests to Schmitt Anchors & Chaincables BV of Rotterdam.

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    A New Concept Coming to Seawork

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Marine hydraulics equipment is one of many expansionary areas at Seawork and first time exhibitor Concept Fluid Solutions Limited is coming to the show along with its principal supplier Gates Hydraulics Ltd .

  • Ram hook with shackle bore lifting attachment during production tests when fitted to EH 50 pneumatically operated monorail hoist, supplied by J D Neuhaus for use at an American shipyard.
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    Air Hoist Delivers Lift for US Shipyard

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Monorail hoists from J DNeuhaus of Coventry UK can be used for a diverse range of applications, as highlighted by a special version of its EH 50 model being supplied to an American shipyard for the handling and manipulation of ship segments.

  • With the Furuno Voyager bridge, the entire bridge system is automatically fully approved as an Integrated Navigation and Track Steering System.
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    Type Approval for 'Voyager' Integrated Navigation System

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Furuno ''s new Voyage r Integrated Navigation System (INS) has received type approvals from BSH in Germany.

  • Luc Vandenbroucke, Senior Vice President of Barco, and Antoine Deschamps, Head of the Shipping Assistance Division, reach agreement on the new Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre for the port of Ostend.
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    Rescue and Coordination Centre for Ostend

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Barco, Fabricom GTI and Tein Telecom are cooperating to build a new maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) at the Belgian port of Ostend. The new MRCC, commissioned by the Shipping Assistance Division of the Ministry of the Flemish Community , will replace the current monitoring system to become an ...

  • The SA50 is the smallest SART currently available.
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    London Boat Show Debut for Smallest SART

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Simrad launched a new Type Approved Search and Rescue Transponder, the SA50 , at the London Boat Show last month, thereby increasing its product range for the GMDSS safety market. Several key factors differentiate the SA50 from other SARTs already on the market, and it claims advantages in size, price, ...

  • A radar image of monopiles for the Kentish Flats wind farm under construction in the Thames Estuary. Photo courtesy of Elsam.
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    Wind Farm Risk Assessed

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The British Government''s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has awarded BMT Renewables Ltd a contract to develop a formal safety methodology for offshore wind farms, placing the company at the centre of marine navigation, safety and emergency response standards for the offshore wind farm industry. BMT is also currently ...

  • The Traffic Centre at Varna is one of 30 sites along the Bulgarian coast housing the new VTMIS system.
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    National Maritime Safety System for Bulgaria

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Transas has completed the installation and commissioning of a National Maritime Safety System which covers the entire coastline of Bulgaria from Romania to Turkey. Transas won the contract in an open tender managed and financed by the European Community''s PHARE programme, which is aimed at supporting Central and East European ...

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    TTS Finnish Handling Expansion

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Sweden''s TTS Ships Equipment AB of Gothenburg, part of Norway''s TTS Marine ASA , has signed an agreement to purchase Finland''s Liftec Products Oy of Tammerfors. The company will be renamed TTS Liftec Products Oy .

  • The Schottel equipped crane catamaran can manoeuvre and position itself without tug assistance.
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    Cats' Cranes Speed Expansion

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A 2,500 ton capacity crane mounted on an 84m LOA catamaran is helping the booming economic metropolis that is Shanghai meet its requirements for additional ports and coastal infrastructure.

  • Thamesport is modifying five of its post-Panamax cranes so that they can handle the largest new container ships.
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    Cranes Upgrade Expands Thamesport Capacity

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK''s Thamesport set about further boosting its productivity this month when it embarked upon an ambitious modification programme to five of its quayside cranes. The five post-Panamax cranes, which are now 15 years old, will be upgraded to enable them to handle the latest generation of ultra-large container ships ...

  • Hatlapa has shipped its largest ever winch for Ferrostaal and Harms Bergungs new deepsea tug.
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    Heavyweight Winch Marks Anniversary

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Germany based HATLAPA recently celebrated its 85th anniversary and in the same week shipped a 56 ton towing winch, the largest produced in the company''s history, from its home port of Uetersen.

  • The first Kalmar ship to shore crane in operation at MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp.
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    When It's Cranes, It Pours

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Handling equipment manufacturer Kalmar has received an order for five additional super post-Panamax ship to shore (STS) cranes from MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp.

  • R4 DGPS Navigator
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    Saab Launches On Course at Hamburg

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Saab TransponderTech was a notable presence at the recent SMM exhibition in Hamburg, introducing a new DGPS Navigator meeting the latest IMO and IEC specifications, including Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM), as well as a new type-approved GPS as an integrated part of the R4 ship AIS transponder system.

  • Transas has completed the development of a new VHF communication system incorporating a radio station remote control capability.
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    New VTS for Port of Londonderry

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Transas Marine UK Ltd , in cooperation with Joss Skelton Ltd (Belfast), recently secured an order for a Vessel Traffic Services system to be installed in Northern Ireland''s Port of Londonderry. Similar systems are already installed in the UK at the ports of Larne, Cardiff, Swansea, Barry, Port Talbot, Newport, ...

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    Management Information Added to Cork VTS

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Bremen-based Atlas Elektronik is to extend Cord Harbour Authority''s VTS network with the addition of an all-purpose Management Information System (MIS) facilitating overall port management and traffic control as well as general administration.

  • A workboat version of the Alphabridge.
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    Building a Bridge to Choice

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Rotterdam''s Alphatron Marine is delivering an alternative to standardised integrated bridge consoles with the introduction of the new Alphabridge design concept, which enables shipyards and owners to select the wheelhouse equipment they would like to install rather than be made to accept a full package from a single manufacturer.