Equipment News – Page 137
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NewsCammel Laird apprentices keep it in the family
Merseyside shipyard Cammell Laird is strengthening its workforce with the recruitment of 20 new young apprentices.
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NewsInstant feedback from tsunami warning system
With the survival of thousands potentially in the balance, UK based Sonardyne International Ltd has delivered the latest batch of acoustic monitoring sensors that will oversee the Indian coastline by providing the early detection and warning of tsunami waves.
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NewsPiloting a new approach to Kiel Canal training
The Kiel Canal Pilots have called upon the services of BMT SeaTech and their PC Rembrandt ship simulation system to provide a flexible, cost effective and onsite training solution to their pilots'' training requirements.
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NewsAMOT up the anti in actuation
AMOT EB has released new electric actuators for G series temperature control valves which introduce a range of enhancements to improve system robustness, safety and compatibility, whilst simplifying installation and calibration.
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NewsEuropean Ship Arrestor project underway
Miko Marine AS of Oslo has begun work on the ShipArrestor project following the signing of a contract with the European Union in October.
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NewsOne stop shop for UK marine monitoring
A new application which shows details of UK marine monitoring programmes is available to browse at www.ukdmos.org. The United Kingdom Directory of Marine Observing Systems is a searchable database of marine monitoring conducted by UK organisations, with UKDMOS providing an internet-based tool for searching monitoring programmes with the aim of ...
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NewsLifting gear galore for new Port of Vuosaari
Cargotec’ s Kalmar division has delivered four new ship to shore (STS) cranes and nine other new container handling machines to the Port of Vuosaari at Helsinki in Finland.
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NewsCrane construction oversight in China
Four new gantry cranes have arrived safely at their new home in Hamburg' s Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) following the close supervision of their construction by Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC).
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NewsMacGregor do deck handling double
The MacGregor Group’ s Offshore division has received orders for four remotely controlled deck handling manipulator systems (DHMS) for the two Island Offshore AHTS vessels, Island Valiant and Island Vanguard.
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NewsHello Dolly for a quayside cradle
The Yacht Leg and Cradle Company has introduced the Motor Boat Dolly to its range of products which may make motor boat movement more efficient, onshore.
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NewsGreat graphics with low cost simulator
UK based software developer and supplier PC Maritime has launched a new engine room simulator that can run on a standard PC.
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NewsNew torpedo lifeboat hits the waves
It started with disaster in 1981. The failure of evacuation procedures on Alexander Kielland rig in the North Sea cost 123 lives, but that incident has helped to drive Norwegian safety innovation forward for almost three decades since.
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NewsMobile simulator training for dredge masters
Although the dredging market has had a skills gap for quite some time, there are now fewer barriers to training crew.
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NewsPsychometric testing for life at sea
The Ship Safe Training Group (SSTG), which has come together through an innovative attitude toward getting much needed skills on board ships, also has an unconventional approach to finding trainees.
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NewsKinetic moves propulsion control forward
Workboat operators considering newbuilds or refits will be interested in the new Kinetik propulsion control system which has been launched by Surrey UK based RCS.
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NewsGuards monitor and protect DC systems
A hot topic around ports these days is the vulnerability of ships alongside to a total loss of the alarm system fed by DC power if, for example, a worker from shore brings a power tool on board and it shorts out the DC network through an insulation fault.
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NewsA Lodestar is born
The first marine Attitude Heading and Reference System (AHRS) that used ' strap down' inertial sensors has received IMO Wheelmark approval. The ' strapdown' part of the system is particularly important because it means that sensors are directly attached to the body of the Sonardyne Lodestar unit, resulting in greater ...
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NewsTurkish Navy goes fishing for sonar
Simrad has asserted that their SP92MKII commercial sonar is up to competing with military units on both specifications and performance at a fraction of the cost. The Turkish Naval Forces Command is about to take them up on the challenge.
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NewsMarine broadband addresses workboat market
A new service targeted at small commercial vessels aims to provide entry level broadband which can deliver SMS, voice and IP data up to 150kbps.
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NewsNorway extend domain of VTS area
The new Kongsberg Norcontrol IT VTMIS at Vard in northern Norway, called the C-Scope, has been extended to provide coverage of southern Norway, the North Sea and Svalbard.
