Equipment News – Page 63
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NewsReel drive scales up
Putting ‘flexibility’ into flex-lay, Texas headquartered Oceaneering International’s new multi-role vessel, ‘Ocean Evolution’, is being kitted out to take all kinds of reels.
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NewsPredictive sim for real-time answers
Simulation has stepped away from being a training tool and is now being used to optimise complex lift and engineering projects. Moreover, it promises to save wasted time, effort - and money.
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NewsFast gangway mobilisation for transition piece installation
Carrying out windfarm transition piece installation while floating in DP mode meant a capable, motion compensated Telescopic Access Bridge (TAB) was necessary for ‘Jumbo Fairplayer’s new Baltic Sea project. But mobilisation also played a key role.
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NewsAutonomous vessel satellite coordination
A new £1.2m research project will address how traditional manned vessels can co-exist with autonomous systems in shared water space.
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NewsMobilis buoy refurbishment for Vattenfall
Five years ago Hydrosphere sold five Mobilis JET 9000 navigation buoys to be used as temporary navigation aids during the construction of a wind farm off Scotland’s East coast. That project was completed and the buoys spent a couple of years in storage, before the customer decided to sell.
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NewsDouble davit order for Astilleros Zamakona windfarm vessel
MacGregor has won new davit orders from Spanish shipyard Astilleros Zamakona for a service operation vessel (SOV) owned by the Danish company Esvagt AS.
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NewsDanish e-navigation conference promises a deeply moving venue
International maritime companies and experts are being urged not to miss a January 2018 conference which will take place aboard a DFDS Seaways ferry travelling between Copenhagen and Oslo, as key e-navigation thought leaders deliver valuable insight, update delegates on the latest developments and debate the framework that needs to ...
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Apax-backed Marlink and OmniAccess join forces
Backed by Apax Partners, maritime communications company Marlink has signed a definite agreement to acquire a majority stake in specialized maritime connectivity solutions provider OmniAccess.
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NewsAutonomous Roboats for Amsterdam’s city canals
The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) has signed an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to engage in research collaboration to develop a fleet of autonomous boats for the city’s canals.
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NewsActisense achieves product excellence awards hat trick
UK marine electronics specialist company Actisense has been recognised with the prestigious Product of Excellence Award from the National Marine Electronics Association for the third consecutive year.
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NewsABB launches mobile situational awareness system
ABB has unveiled a new tool, ABB Ability Marine Pilot Vision, that harnesses advanced sensor technology to provide officers with detailed situational awareness anywhere on a ship.
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NewsOff the shelf remote and autonomous workboats
Boston, USA-headquartered Sea Machines Robotics has announced a collaboration with European boatbuilder Tuco Marine of Denmark to offer remote and autonomous control products as factory options in their line of ProZero workboats.
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NewsUpgraded monitoring from Flow Marine
This year Flow Marine has launched version 1.5 of its monitoring and control system, which provides an advanced configuration interface giving full control over both the setup and calibration of all the sensors and alarms in the vessel system as well as remote monitoring.
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News4G connectivity up to 15 miles offshore
Digital Yacht is a company in the marine electronics sector that has established itself by finding solutions in electronic navigation and communication that the major companies have overlooked.
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NewsNew portable VHF from Standard Horizon
Standard Horizon has announced a new addition to its range of portable VHF radios, the HX210E. This low cost portable unit builds on Standard Horizon’s extensive experience of marine radios and combines a large display with a compact and ergonomic case.
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NewsFLIR Systems introduces advanced maritime thermal camera
FLIR Systems has announced the addition of a new cooled thermal camera to its range of M-series platforms.
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NewsOperate a vessel from anywhere onboard
Controlling your workboat remotely away from the helm is becoming increasingly popular and one of the latest companies to enter this market is the Spanish company NaoControl with their Ship Controller system.
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NewsFuruno doppler radar
Japanese electronics company Furuno has always been at the forefront of electronic navigation technology and with the introduction of its Doppler radar it has taken another step forward.
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NewsUK launches Industry Code of Practice for autonomous vessels
Maritime UK has launched a new Industry Code of Practice for autonomous vessels which seeks to bridge the gap while more detailed regulatory framework for these systems is developed.
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NewsRaytheon Anschütz launches new PilotStar NX
German navigation company Raytheon Anschütz can claim to continue the path of simplifying autopilot handling in combination with superior steering performance with its newly-launched PilotStar NX
