Equipment News – Page 176
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Multi-Function Radar for Dredger Integration
Dutch companies Imtech Marine & Offshore and IHC Systems formally recognised their close partnership by exhibiting jointly at Oceanology International in London earlier this month.
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JRC's UAIS First to Satisfy MCA
Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) become mandatory for all newbuilding passenger ships and most cargo vessels from July of this year, with the IMO''s implementation schedule requiring all ships over 300gt to embrace the shipboard broadcast transponder system by 2008.
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NewsCO2 Monitor Designed to Save Lives
The potentially lethal consequences of a leak from CO2 bottle stores has been identified by ship owners and regulatory bodies as a major cause for concern. As well as CO2 bottle stores, a new danger has been identified with dry ice systems used in theatrical productions on board cruise ships.
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Seaweather Marine Services Acquires Strentex
Seaweather Marine Services Ltd has expanded its UK based safety and survival equipment operation with the acquisition of Strentex Immersion Suits from Vernon Carus Ltd.
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News10 Year Cover for EPIRBs
Surrey UK-based Sartech Engineering, specialists in the supply of EPIRBs and other emergency equipment, make the tempting offer of extending the warranty up to 10 years for equipment supplied directly by themselves.
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NewsDFDS Cruise to Safety at Tyneside
South Tyneside College''s Marine Safety Training has established a unique training relationship with DFDS Seaways. The Danish cruise ferry operator, which operates a regular service from the Tyne, approached the College (STC) last October regarding fire fighting training. Crew members were required to undertake breathing apparatus exercises in a smoke ...
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NewsHook Marine Unloads Calmac's Worries
Marine crane specialist Hook Marine has helped Scottish ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac) ensure the efficient operation of its Fast Rescue Boat Launch and Recovery System.
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NewsMET Meets Marine Crane Design Challenge
MET Marine of Chesterfield UK has supplied a purpose-built 45 tonne/metre Heila HLRM.452S crane with special computer designed features to shipwrights George Prior Engineering Limited in Great Yarmouth for installation on a cruiseship for Hebridean Island Cruises Limited.
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Cargo Handling Simulator for Maine Maritime
KMSS has won a contract to supply eight workstation based Cargo Handling Simulators to the Maine Maritime Academy in the USA. The system is being delivered in the spring and will consist of both the VLCC and Product Carrier Cargo Handling Models.
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NewsBobcat Bulks Up at Port of Hull
The UK''s first Bobcat T40170 17m telehandler has been purchased for material handling applications and routine maintenance work on dockside cranes at the Port of Hull.
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NewsCranes Pack Power as Holyhead Gets Tough
Effer cranes are to be fitted to two tugs belonging to Holyhead Towing, one a newbuilding currently under construction at the Hepworth Shipyard on Humberside, the other a refit of an existing boat to follow at the same shipyard.
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Get Decked Out at a Megastore Near You
Deck equipment in abundance comprises only a portion of the 14,000 products listed in a new 630 page mail order catalogue launched last month by Scotland''s Gael Force Marine.
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NewsNight Time Lift Spectacle Illuminates Central London
The 400 tonnes lifting capacity Smit sheerlegs Taklift 5 has recently paid a visit up the River Thames to central London to erect steelwork for a Millennium Commission project at Hungerford Bridge, near the Houses of Parliament.
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Research for Stronger Ropes
Rope testing being conducted this year for the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) by Dutch rope specialists Lankhorst Touwfabrieken BV will lead to further advances in high strength fibre ropes for deepwater applications.
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NewsCatchbolt Shines Light on Work of the RNLI
Two Protex Catchbolts in stainless steel are specified by the RNLI to secure two folding deck worklights fitted to the forward end of the wheelhouse top on the RNLI Mersey and Tyne class all-weather lifeboats.
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NewsMeasuring Maritime Methane
Methane has been recognised as one of the most important gases in our environment, touching either directly or indirectly upon all areas of life. Methane monitoring is undertaken in a number of maritime areas, including oceanographic research and the offshore oil, gas, and methane hydrate extraction markets.
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A New Wireless Temperature Monitoring System from KMSS
Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems has developed a new diesel engine temperature monitoring system which operates without wiring inside the engine and without the need for slip rings.
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Refit Controls for Trinidad Coastguard
Regulateurs Europa, based in Colchester UK, has won a contract to supply a new control and monitoring system for the Trinidad and Tobago Coastguard.
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Infra-red Monitoring for Newbuilds
Swan Hunter at Tyneside UK, the lead contractor for new amphibious assault ships being built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, has awarded the contract for Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) to Newcastle based Sir Joseph Isherwood Limited.
