Equipment News – Page 175
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NewsBrave New World to Debut in Brisbane
After many years of development by Kalmar Industries and Patrick Stevedores, the two companies now expect the world''s first automated straddle carrier system to be operational on Berth 7 at Brisbane''s Fisherman Island facility by September.
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NewsDouble Drum Remote Control American Winches
American manufacturer Jeamar Winches Inc is now offering a series of double drum winches in a variety of configurations.
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$32 Million Indian Lift Contract for Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce business Syncrolift Inc has won a $32 million order to provide a ship lifting system at a new Indian naval base. The shiplift, the first of its kind in India, is scheduled to go into service at the Karwar base, south of Goa, in late 2004.
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NewsBay Watch Controls Cardiff Barrage
ABB Utilities Automation has completed a major upgrade for the Cardiff Barrage control system to provide fully automatic control of the five sluice gates, which now open and close in response to the estuary tides and the water level in the bay behind the barrage. It also provides control of ...
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NewsElectronic Control Enhances New Marine Transmissions
To enhance its recently introduced QuickShift MGX series marine transmissions, Twin Disc is offering further component options including the Express electronic control upgrade which gives precise and instant control while docking and performing other low speed manoeuvres.
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NewsRCS Takes Control of RNLI Lifeboats
The Radamec Group''s increased operating profit for 2001 owed much to the target-exceeding performance of Radamec Control Systems'' marine control business. The company supplied 46 electronic bridge control systems to the RNLI which were retrofitted to ocean going Trent and Severn class lifeboats.
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NewsSafety Kit on Show at Posidonia
With universal automatic identification systems (UAIS) becoming a new requirement from 1 July 2002, McMurdo has collaborated with their Portsmouth UK neighbours, Transas, to jointly develop the MT1 UAIS system.
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NewsFire Suppression System for German Coast Guard
With the impending phasing out of Halon 1301 fire extinguishing systems by the end of this year, the German Coast Guard has started replacing its halon systems with Sea-Fire Marine''s H-Series engineered FM-200 fire suppression systems.
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NewsVirtual Reality Training for Port Operatives
Virtual reality is the key to a port operative''s training course at South Tyneside College, where maritime simulation systems are being integrated to generate true-life scenarios.
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New UK Navigation Training Centre Opens
Sperry Marine opened a new training centre last month in New Malden UK which is designed to provide realistic, practical training for ships'' navigation officers in safe and proper operation of modern navigation systems.
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NewsOslo Opts for Quiet, Clean Cranes
The Port of Oslo is undergoing development to increase its capacity and specifically requested electrically powered rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) rather than diesel powered because it is located in the heart of the city close to residential and leisure areas and it wanted to keep the environmental impacts (noise ...
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NewsHeila Knows Where Dock's Hose Goes
Simon Storage Ltd has taken delivery of its third Heila marine crane, supplied and installed at the company''s terminal at Northumberland Dock, North Shields UK by MET Marine of Chesterfield. The 450º slew Heila HLRM.25-5S marine crane has a specially constructed base plate designed to suit fitment on an existing ...
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NewsHazard-Free Retractable Chocks
With all of the hardware needed on a vessel, it is difficult to keep the deck clutter free.
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NewsMP Spotlights Anti-Glare Success
Solar Solve, the South Shields UK-based manufacturer of anti-glare roller screens for navigation and control room windows, has been so successful in penetrating foreign markets that its Member of Parliament, David Milliband, came to see the company at work.
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Alfred Cheyne Finds Overseas Projects for New Winch Designs
Scottish winch manufacturer Alfred Cheyne Engineering (ACE) has reacted to a downturn in its traditional fishing industry market by investing in new design and quality systems which have allowed the company to target larger and more specialist marine winching projects and customers overseas.
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United Kingdom Government Announces Light Dues Cut
The British Government''s Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions has announced that light dues paid by merchant ships and fishing vessels for aids to navigation will be reduced from 41 to 40 pence per net tonne in 2002/2003.
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NewsSyncrolan Warning System Lights North Sea
Tideland Signal''s Syncrolan offshore warning system has been chosen to mark a water injection platform (WIP) currently being added to BP''s Valhall Field in the Norwegian North Sea as part of a long term programme of investment.
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Irish Harbour Masters See Navaids Funding Boost
Ireland''s ports and harbours have seen major developments and increased operations funding over recent years, resulting in an increase for the supply of new aids to navigation.
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NewsNo Gaps in New Generation ECDIS
Transas has launched an enhanced version of its commercial Navi-Sailor navigation systems, the Navi-Sailor 3000. This system incorporates all the functionality of the Navi-Sailor 2400, the first type approved ECDIS, but adds a number of new features beyond those called for in the IMO performance standards.
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NewsVessel Traffic Services Demo Day for UK Shipping Minister
The British Shipping Minister, David Jamieson MP, visited the Port of London earlier this month and included on his itinerary a stop at the Port of London Authority''s Control Centre at Gravesend.
