Equipment News – Page 163
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NewsIcom's Support for St Dunstan's Builds Blind Faith At Sea
Kent based Icom (UK) Ltd aresponsoring a training package for St Dunstan''s, the charity that provides lifelong care for blinded ex-servicemen and women. The sponsorship package is going towards VHF radio training and Powerboat Level 2 training for the charity''s staff and a team of volunteers for its RIB Ad ...
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NewsSir Jock Slater is the New RNLI Chairman
The UK''s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has named former First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sir Jock Slater as its new Chairman. Sir Jock has been appointed following the retirement of Peter Nicholson CBE, who has served as Chairman since July 2000.
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NewsNew Trainers Take to the Waves
Sea Training International. The Sea Training International centre has the facility and staff to cater for specialist agencies, companies or individuals requiring specialist training in all aspects of fast offshore rescue, sea survival, VHF/GMDSS radio training, and all levels of power boat training. The centre also is the only establishment ...
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NewsFire Safety Systems for Hospital Ship Conversion
Cosalt Safety & Protection hassecured a £ 700,000 contract with A&P Tyne to install the fire safety systems on board the world''s largest non-governmental hospital ship, the Africa Mercy .
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NewsDamen Delivers 'Relume' for MENAS
Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) introduced its new multipurpose light tender vessel Relume in a special naming ceremony at Damen Shipyards'' Scheldepoort facility in Vlissingen, The Netherlands on July 6.
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Navaids Future in '2020 The Vision'
In April the General Lighthouse Authorities published 2020 The Vision, a roadmap for provision and the development of aids to navigation in British and Irish waters over the next 20 years.
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NewsBringing It Home In Sierra Leone
Sussex UK based navaids specialist Tideland Signal has supplied over 30 buoys and solar powered lanterns to guide shipping into the estuary of the Sierra Leone River and the port of Freetown, the country''s capital.
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E-Sea Fix Does It for Milford Haven
Following successful trials of the E-Sea Fix pilot navigation system last year, Somerset UK based Atlantas Marine has won an order to install the system at the port of Milford Haven in Wales.
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NewsHoisting Hooks Range Expanded
Sweden''s Gunnebo Lifting are complementing their component programme in the GrabiQ series with a new size of roundsling hook. The new hook will be the largest in the RH series and will carry the designation RH 5-8+.
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NewsAl Jadaf Lifts Off on Hot Wheels
The modern Al Jadaf ship docking yard in Dubai is equipped with advanced facilities, including the ability to lift boats out of the water and manoeuvre them using a system of rails and wheeled trolleys for repair on dry land.
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NewsACE On the Pace With Winches
Scotland based Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd, ACE Winches, is continuing to deliver large winching packages in short delivery times. During 2003 and to date in 2004 ACE has continued to build up a significant winch hire fleet.
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NewsDutch Coupling Gives Barge Trains A Push
Push convoys and barge trains have great problems with strong winds and waves on open waters such as the Markermeer, IJsselmeer and Westerschelde. Over the past two years, Holland''s Van der Velden Marine Systems, working in close cooperation with TNO and Alkyon, has developed a new type of coupling device ...
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Tandem Lift Cranes for Antwerp's New Mega-Terminal
Kalmar has received an order for six super post-Panamax ship to shore container cranes from a consortium led by P&O Ports Antwerp.
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NewsNew Beacons Go In at Goteborg
Work is now in progress to mark the edges of fairways into the Swedish Port of Goteborg after they have been broadened, straightened and deepened by a major dredging programme.
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NewsInnovative Buoy System Holds Down Maintenance Costs
Eason Marine, part of Whitwell UK based XJF Plastics, has developed innovative new service exchange tower (SET) and daymark systems with the aim of reducing maintenance costs and prolonging the working lives of buoys which are often in arduous environments.
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Contracts Double for VTMS
VTMS Ltd (Vessel Traffic Management Systems) of Leicester UK have signed two major navigation aids maintenance contracts. For a five year period VTMS will, on behalf of Forth Ports PLC, service and maintain their buoys and beacons in the rivers Forth and Tay.
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NewsNew Light Buoy Shines for Pharos
Middlesex UK based Pharos Marine has added the new PM-1800 rotationally moulded polyethylene buoy to its comprehensive IALA compliant range. The new buoy is designed to provide a cost effective and lightweight buoy marker for a wide range of applications and conditions.
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Beacons Mark Abu Dhabi Port Expansion
Sea Safe Services Ltd of Abu Dhabi has installed two large unitised beacons from Tideland Signal together with aids to navigation buoys and ancillary equipment at the new port of Mussafah, Abu Dhabi.
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Wind Farm Consultation
The British Government has stated that it will not site wind farm developments where they could present any danger to navigation.
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New AIS As Deadline Nears
Simrad released a new Class A AIS unit last month designed to reduce the overall cost of ownership in order to meet the budget demands of owners and operators required to install this technology by the end of the year. The A180 features full AIS functionality but takes a ''no ...
