Equipment News – Page 167
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UKHO Switches on Digital List of Lights
The UK Hydrographic Office has launched the latest addition to its expanding digital products range. The Admiralty Digital List of Lights is aimed primarily at the SOLAS commercial shipping sector and provides information on over 70,000 navigational lights throughout the world. It builds on earlier digital trials covering UK waters ...
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NewsPLA Thames Point Light Gets LED Replacement
The Port of London Authority has installed a Tideland Signal MLED-120 at Broadness Point on the south bank of the River Thames opposite Tilbury, replacing a large incandescent lantern.
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Three Year Navaids Maintenance Contract for Trinity House
Trinity House in the UK has won a three year contract for the maintenance of aids to navigation around the coasts of Devon and Cornwall that are the responsibility of South West Water. These navaids, numbering more than 300 buoys and beacons, mark outfalls into rivers, estuaries and the sea, ...
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NewsPharos Batteries Boost for Buoys
AB Pharos Marine Ltd has boosted the performance and reliability of its range of self contained photovoltaic (PV) power systems by offering Alcad ultra low maintenance, long life, rechargeable nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries as a replacement option for the traditional (Valve Regulated Lead Acid) VRLA batteries.
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NewsRaytheon Navigates Into Europort
Raytheon Marine travels to Europort from its plant in Kiel, Germany with the successor to its best selling Gyro Compass Standard 20, which is in operation on over 5,300 vessels worldwide.
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NewsUnified VTS For South Wales Ports
Transas Marine UK Ltd has won a contract to supply a Vessel Traffic Services System for Associated British Ports'' South Wales ports, Cardiff, Barry, Newport, Swansea and Port Talbot.
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Port Info Tech at Europort
Marine and port information technology specialist Norcontrol IT will be showing its solutions for VTS, VTMIS, Port Management Information Systems, AIS and port security on Stand 07.7167A at Europort 2003.
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NewsNew SSAS Cures Maritime Security Headache
The Tracs-Ships'' Security Alert System (SSAS) launched by Thales Navigation Ltd has overcome a major problem being faced by port authorities world-wide. The unit is based on a Thales Inmarsat-C tracking unit that has been refined to exceed the IMO specifications for SSAS units. As a result, the Tracs-SSAS introduces ...
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Scot Gets a Grip On Maritime Safety
Having spent many years working in the onshore and offshore oil and gas industries, Colin Prise recognised that the safety and welfare of the workforce was of primary importance. The company he established in 1990, Scotgrip (UK) Ltd, has just launched a new anti-slip gangway tread which it believes will ...
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NewsThe £1 Million Load Lifter
Great Yarmouth Stevedoring faced a difficult task last month when required to unload a 20m long, 89 tonne drilling rig valued at £ 1 million from the hold of a cargo ship. They consulted Lifting Gear Hire, which specified a pair of 50 tonne Modular Lifting Beams plus wire rope ...
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NewsDavit Drives Smooth RNLI Operations
Drives and motors from ABB are helping the UK''s Royal National Lifeboat Institution to launch its fast inshore lifeboats quickly and safely.
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NewsNew Carriers Lift Liverpool's Productivity
Work is underway at the Port of Liverpool''s Seaforth Container Terminal on assembling the first of six new Noell straddle carriers. The machines were purchased by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to handle increased traffic generated by three new lines and organic growth among established services.
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Knuckleboom Cranes Groomed for Europort Launch
Italian crane manufacturer Effer will introduce a new range of small and medium sized knuckleboom cranes at Europort 2003 on Stand 1001 in the Europahal, which will be occupied by their Dutch dealer Promac BV.
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NewsDeepwater Winch Delivery Underway
Bodewes Winches has delivered a second series of storage winches for installation on GlobalSantaFe''s Development Driller ll, the second of two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling units under construction at the PPL Shipyard in Singapore.
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NewsWynn Marine's Clean Screens at Europort
Marine window wiping systems manufacturer Wynn Marine will use Europort 2003 to showcase its new stand alone window washing system and its digital Series 3000 Network Controller.
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Broad Range of Deck Equipment Debuts at Europort
Lemans Nederland BV, Dutch specialist suppliers of deck equipment and lifting gear, will be showing a broad range of products on their stand at Europort, which will be shared with Nieuwpoort Belgium, whom they represent in the Netherlands.
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Powerful Towing Winches for UAE Tugs
Ridderinkhof BV of the Netherlands recently supplied bespoke towing winches for the anchor handling tugs Wassay and Jabbar, built by Damen Shipyards at Gorinchem for Gulf Services Office in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsLeading Mark Delivers Berth Control in Bristol
An Inogon Leading Mark LM15 has been installed by the Bristol Port Company to guide vessels accurately in the approach to a new berth in Royal Portbury Dock .
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NewsNew Flasher Keeps It All HID
Tideland Signal has introduced a new flasher/lampchanger unit, LC-70 , designed to enable High Intensity Discharge (HID) metal halide lamps to be used with its TRB-400 MaxLumina gearless drive rotating beacons or as a stand alone lighthouse upgrade.
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NewsLighthouse Solarisation Proceeds at Northern Latitudes
The Northern Lighthouse Board , responsible for Scotland and the Isle of Man, has operated gas powered systems for over over 100 years. In 1984 the Board embarked on a long term solarisation programme, replacing many of the original structures with low maintenance aluminium towers and installing solar electric power ...
