Equipment News – Page 60
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Further support for Baltic STM project
The 39th meeting of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) in Brussels on March 5th adopted the revised HELCOM Recommendation 34E/2: ‘Further testing and development of the concept of exchange of Voyage Plans as well as other e-Navigation solutions to enhance safety of navigation and protection of the marine environment in the ...
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Polar Ship Operations - Second Edition
The Nautical Institute has put together a second edition of its popular ice operations textbook.
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Cornish innovation fund for robotics and autonomous vessels
Marine-i, the EU funded programme set up to boost the marine technology sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, is inviting applications to a £1 million innovation fund.
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NewsSafebridge launches officers ECDIS training course
German human resource company Safebridge GmbH has launched a brand-new training course specifically tailored for watchkeeping officers.
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NewsSparrows veteran commended at industry awards
A global equipment and service provider to the energy and industrial industries has scooped an award at the 2018 Offshore Achievement Awards.
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NewsPort of Milford Haven invests in new lifesaving training and equipment
Seventy employees who work on or near the water at the Port of Milford Haven, UK have undertaken first aid training based on an intuitive check card system.
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NewsInnovative submarine rescue puts pressure on LARS
A new Submarine Launch and Recovery System (LARS) marks a milestone for offshore handling systems. It has been specifically designed for the fast rescue of distressed submariners in deep waters: “Given recent, tragic events,” Caley Ocean Systems told MJ “fast mobilisation timescales have never been more important.”
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NewsLED floods gain from technical advance
Good deck lighting is a workboat necessity, but while LEDs have inched their way into many vessel applications, it’s taken a while for them to break into the floodlight side of the market finds Stevie Knight.
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NewsUnusual - but practical - choice for dredger refit
When does composite win hands-down over steel? When it’s on the walkway reports Stevie Knight.
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NewsExtreme crew transfer gangway wins industry award
An offshore access provider to the energy industry has been commended for its innovative N-type Icemann gangway with a high ranking global oil and gas industry award.
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NewsStraightpoint DNV GL approval
A DNV GL type approval certificate has been issued confirming that SP’s Loadlink plus, Radiolink plus, and Wirelink plus products comply with DNVGL-ST-0378, the standard for offshore and platform lifting appliances.
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NewsMétéo-France picks TRIAXYS for wave monitoring
AXYS Technologies has signed an eight-year framework agreement with Météo-France to supply TRIAXYS Directional Wave buoys to build a wave measurement network along the coast of France.
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NewsUK lighthouse gets an LED technology upgrade
Trinity House has completed the modernisation of Mumbles Lighthouse in south Wales, upgrading the site’s aids to navigation and control systems to provide reliable performance for another 20 years.
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NewsCollaboration provides real-time data and positioning services
A marine electronics company in Great Yarmouth, UK has worked with a global business to provide digital services to deliver real-time data from offshore vessels and platforms.
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Sea Machines opens second office in Hamburg, Germany
To better connect Sea Machines Robotics with European-based customers, innovators, and investors the US-based developer of autonomous vessel technology has opened a second office in the port city of Hamburg, Germany.
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NewsCOLREGS milestone for autonomous ships
Rolls-Royce has completed the £1.3 million MAXCMAS (MAchine eXecutable Collision regulations for Marine Autonomous Systems) research project, demonstrating, it claims, that the operation of autonomous vessels can meet, if not exceed, current collision avoidance (COLREG) rules.
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NewsRNLI moves over to Helly Hansen kit
Helly Hansen, the global technical sailing brand founded in Norway in 1877, has committed to supporting UK lifesaving charity the RNLI for the next five years through a variety of activities, including providing all-weather lifeboat crew kit
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NewsIntelligent awareness: a new way to navigate?
Today ships and boats are navigating with displays showing the radar and the electronic chart, the latter known as ECDIS. Radar gives the horizontal view of what is going on outside and the electronic chart gives a plan view. Now Rolls Royce has come up with a new addition to ...
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News460 person lifeboat is just 14 metres long
German lifeboat builder Hatecke has developed the largest capacity ship’s lifeboat in the World within an overall length of just 14 metres writes Dag Pike.
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NewsSMST knuckle boom crane completes Connor Bordelon
Bordelon Marine has completed its third Ultra-Light Intervention Vessel (ULIV) with the installation of an SMST 60t knuckle boom crane onboard the Connor Bordelon.
