Equipment News – Page 166
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MCA Approval for SSAS
Marine telematics company MarineTrack Ltd has had its SeaGuard Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) UK flag approved by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency .
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NewsApprovals for S4 SART and MT-1 UAIS
McMurdo ''s new 4th generation SART, the S4 Rescue , is smaller and lighter than earlier SART models, enabling it to be easily carried in a liferaft or lifeboat.
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NewsShipboard Short Circuit Protection
The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has developed a current limiter based on high temperature superconductors (HTS) technology to protect ship supply systems against short circuits. Short circuit currents are automatically limited to a non-critical value as soon as the current rises, owing to the sudden increase in ...
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Control System Design Award
The new AutoChief C20 propulsion control system for medium and low speed diesel engines has received a prestigious Award for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council . Representatives from Kongsberg Maritime were present to accept the award at a ceremony in late November. The award came shortly after Kongsberg ...
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NewsNo Hanging About for Crash-Prone Ferry's Lifeboats
Swift action by lifeboat and davit supplier Schat-Harding has helped the Silja Line to maintain its schedules while replacing damaged lifeboats and davits. Three lifeboats and davits on the port side of the Silja Opera were damaged in a collision at St Petersburg earlier this year.
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NewsSafe Ship Gets Non-Slip Grip
Nearly half the ferry traffic in Scotland travels on the shortest route across the Firth of Clyde.
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NewsHoulder Holds Sway With HMS Dumbarton Castle's Cranes
Marine design consultancy Houlder has delivered two cranes for the Royal Navy''s Fishery Protection Vessel HMS Dumbarton Castle . The cranes replace obsolete units and will be used to handle the two RIBs on the aft deck. The RIBs, sited port and starboard, are the main part of the vessel''s ...
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NewsIn-Situ Machining Revamps Quayside Unloader
Having established that the slew ring on its 20 year old cement unloader was in need of replacement, the management of Leith & Forth Ports inScotland called in Metalock Engineering of Coventry to machine the 3.28m diameter slew ring surfaces to a high degree of flatness. This enabled a new ...
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Port of Felixstowe Upgrades Ship to Shore Cranes
The Port of Felixstowe (UK) is upgrading four of its ship to shore gantry cranes. The Morris built post-panamax cranes, which operate at Felixstowe''s Trinity Terminal , are now 18 years old and were designed to the traffic and vessel requirements of a different age.
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NewsAtlas' Southern Expansion Lifts Off
Winch specialist Atlas Winch & Hoist Services continues the expansion of their operations in the Southern UK with a relocation to new premises at Great Dunmow in Essex. The development of hire and sales activities at Atlas Winch & Hoist Services (Southern) Ltd is being led by Anton Lavery, joining ...
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NewsEuroport Debut for Shallow Water Buoys
The Europort exhibition last month in Amsterdam saw a variety of new products unveiled across the maritime spectrum. In the field of Navaids, a significant product launch from Tideland Signal was the new SB-98P shallow water polyethylene multi-purpose buoy which is particularly suited to shallow water areas, rivers and estuaries.
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NewsSatComs Extended to Smaller Vessels
One of the many exhibitors showing new marine communications equipment at Europort last month was France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications , which introduced Inmarsat Fleet 55 and 33 mobile satellite services. These mean that Inmarsat''s Fleet family of maritime communications is no longer restricted to the high seas or transoceanic ...
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NewsMcMurdo Launch Explosion at Europort
McMurdo Limited , the Portsmouth UK based manufacturer of marine electronic and safety equipment had an eventful Europort last month, revealing a new corporate branding and launching two new products plus a new website.
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NewsEuroport Debut for Satellite Vessel Tracking System
UK based operator of global satellite based telematics information services Satamatics travelled to Amsterdam to launch a new miniature SAT 101 mobile satellite terminal at Europort last month. The new terminal, with its integral GPS receiver enables port authorities and other coastal operators to track the location, speed and heading ...
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NewsTanker Giant Joins ECDIS Trial
Oil tanker operators Teekay Shipping is the latest shipping company to enrol for sea trials of the forthcoming Admiralty ECDIS Service , which is expected to launch in Spring 2004. Trials are being conducted to test and prove all aspects of the service ahead of launch. The service has been ...
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NewsHalf Way To Go For GAFIRS
In an unusual vessel supply contract supportive of their local rescue organisation, Portsmouth UK based Halmatic Limited has handed over a ''rolling chassis'' Pacific 30 RIB Rescue Boat to Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS).
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NewsNew Player Delivers Divers' Lifeboat
Oceanwide Safety at Sea maybe a new name in the marine safety field but with 12 of its team coming from Mulder & Rijke and Schatt Harding , there is no shortage of experience among the staff. Founded in 2002, Rotterdam based Oceanwide S. a.S.
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NewsFast Craft Covered for Corrosion Protection
The first of Corrintec ''s newly developed Patroltek hull corrosion protection systems has been supplied for a newbuild Mexican Navy patrol craft.
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NewsCost Control with Increased Flow
A three-way temperature control valve from AMOT Controls features a 70% increase in flow capability which allows the use of a more cost effective smaller valve. The new valve also includes a ruggedised actuator for enhanced reliability.
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NewsSTN Atlas In Control at Europort
STN Atlas Marine Electronics, in association with its Rotterdam based subsidiary STN Atlas Nederland, will feature three new products on Stand 02.2017 in the Zuidhal at Europort 2003.
