Equipment News – Page 140
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News'Plug & play' deck workshops at Seawork
' Mobile workshops can be almost used on a plug and play basis on workboat decks said Simon Coote, general manager of Seawork exhibitor Richards Drydock & Engineering Ltd, which was showing some of the customised boxes on the Seawork quayside last month.
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Big Cranes for Bugsier Tugs
The deep sea azimuth tractor tugs Bugsier 2 and Bugsier 3, delivered this year by the Dutch Shipyard K. Damen for German operator Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft GmbH, feature foldable knuckle boom cranes supplied by Van der Velden Industrial, the Palfinger Marine/Crane Power representative in their country.
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News'Voyager II' monitors wind farm sediment transport
Sediment transport at the seabed presents a range of risks to offshore activities. Scour can destabilise structures and uncover pipelines and cables. Sandbanks and channels move and present potential navigational hazards, and contaminated sediments from hydrocarbon exploration can be dispersed with potentially harmful consequences for the marine ecosystem.
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NewsAnniversary launch for Power Monitoring System
German couplings and dampers for marine diesels manufacturer Geislinger celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with the launch of a new Power Monitoring System at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg.
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NewsMake tracks to MarNIS concept demonstrations
The EC funded Maritime Navigation Information Services (MarNIS) project is getting ready to demonstrate its visionary concept in Genoa from 23 to 25 September and Lisbon on 15 and 16 October in front of a critical audience of policy makers and potential maritime stakeholders.
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NewsPort radar solution hits Sunderland and Fowey
The Port Marine Safety Code and other legislation makes it increasingly important that even the smallest ports and harbours monitor and control their waters effectively. AIS, a solution favoured by many ports, is of great benefit, but the accuracy of the information received depends upon the correct configuration of the ...
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NewsRIN 'Navcast' on an MP3 near you
The Royal Institute of Navigation has launched a bimonthly podcast to broaden public interest in navigation issues. It’ s called the NavCast, and it’ s on an MP3 player near you.
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NewsNew transceiver completes GMDSS package
NavComms distributor Icom (UK) Ltd has added a new VHF/DSC marine transceiver to its commercial line up. The unit is so new that only its first consignment has been sold.
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NewsBackground monitoring for Welsh coastline
Hampshire UK based Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has recently supplied the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) with a data collection system for background monitoring at Skomer Marine Nature Reserve.
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NewsGreen light signals success on Bute
Rothesay Harbour on the Isle of Bute has two equally important demands on its facilities, the car ferry and recreational boats are an equally important part of the island' s trade. When the 72m ferry comes bearing down on the tiny leisure craft, it can catch them in its wash ...
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NewsPrincess raises NLB's profile in Parliament
Light was thrown on the sterling job of Scottish lighthouses last week when recognition of Princess Anne' s tours raised the profile of the Northern Lighthouse Board.
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NewsFirst international winner for navigation award
A cadet at the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) has become the first international winner of a prestigious navigation award from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).
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NewsRabbit gets to Core of offshore positioning
Geonav Marine Systems is to use the RCM3600 RabbitCore and PowerCore 3800 in their I-Compass solution for marine navigation.The company specialises in the development of marine electronics and offshore positioning systems.
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NewsScience relies on buoys with bounce
Elastic won the day for two customised data buoys that are being deployed in the English Channel off Plymouth last month. The pair of bright yellow, seven metre buoys, bristling with sensitive instruments, are part of the £ 100m national marine science programme Oceans 2025, funded by the Natural Environment ...
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NewsSeawork soundings on jack-up safety code
Discussion amongst the operators of small road demountable jack-up barges at the Seawork exhibition in Southampton last month has led to a movement towards a Safe Working Practices Code being established under the auspices of the UK' s National Workboat Association.
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NewsNew lifeboat for Scheveningen
The lifeboat station at Scheveningen in Holland has recently taken delivery of a brand new lifeboat, claimed to be the largest rigid inflatable lifeboat in the world.
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NewsA splash for safety at Seawork 2008
Hampshire based Sea Scorpion Systems used Seawork 2008 to demonstrate the capabilities and benefits of its innovative new range of maritime safety and pollution control systems and had a really successful show.
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NewsOut like a light on the Seawork quayside
Ocean Engineering (Fire) Ltd had a dramatic display of its fire-fighting fog on the Seawork quayside last month. However, the most spectacular part of the demonstration was actually the lighting of the diesel fire in its containment box.
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NewsNew crane range makes Seawork debut
' It' s a completely new design for Effer' , said Preffered Marine Cranes director Martin Cook at Seawork International 2008 in Southampton last month. He was talking about Effer' s new M-series cranes and was enthusiastic about the capability that they represent.
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NewsGreen machine gives ports a lift
Kalmar Industries has introduced of the world’ s first straddle carrier equipped with a hybrid drive system.
