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Port Ops System for Teesside
Norcontrol IT has recently concluded the installation of a complete Port Operations System for the UK’ s Tees & Hartlepool Port Authority. The system has been designed to be one of the world’ s most robust vessel traffic management applications and is capable of handling high volumes of traffic.
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Eason Marine Brings the Buoys to seawork
Eason Marine, whose towering EM3000 Navigation Buoy was a guiding landmark at seawork2002, return for seawork2003 with not onebut two other models from their well-proven range. Visitors to Eason Marine''s Stand 71 will see an intermediate 2m diameter EM2000 redport navigation buoy and a 1.25m diameter green model commonly found ...
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Portable Pilot Units (PPUs) at Work in european Ports
The pilot organisations of various European countries, united in the European Maritime Pilot Association (EMPA), are aware that they face a fast changing environment of competition and computer technology which requires a quick, clear and effective answer to the challenges of the future. EMPA represents 4,700 pilots in 21 European ...
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New Dual Channel NAVTEX Receiver From McMurdo
McMurdo, manufacturer of the ICS brand of NAVTEX receivers, has launched a new entry level dual-channel NAVTEX receiver called the ICS NAV6dual, a paperless model that displays weather and navigation warning information on a large, easy to read LCD screen.
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Versatile Buoy Tender Gets NavComms Package
A new buoy tender under build at the Schelde Naval Shipbuilding yard in the Netherlands for the Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) will feature a complete suite of bridge electronics supplied by Sperry Marine.
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VTS Coastal Surveillance System for Kuwait
STN Atlas Elektronik has been awarded a major contract to supply the Kuwaiti National Coast Guard with a new purpose-designed radar based coastal surveillance system due to begin service in 2005.
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UKHO’s List of Lights Gets Digital Launch
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) launched its new Admiralty Digital List of Lights at Norshipping in Oslo earlier this month. Developed with the professional mariner in mind and supplying details of more than 70,000 navigational lights worldwide on one CD, it uses exactly the same official data as its ...
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DP Loss of Position Incidents Report Triggers Review
Computers, particularly on vessels with integrated control systems, are seen as an increasingly common cause of dynamic positioning (DP) loss of position incidents. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has recently published its 22nd consecutive annual Station Keeping Incidents report, covering incidents that took place in 2001. Of the 21 ...
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Remote Use Antenna Takes Work Anywhere
With business now being carried out in more places around the world and work patterns demanding fast, efficient electronic communication any time, anywhere, Inmarsat has developed a new Regional Broadband, Global Area Network (BGAN) solution consisting of a lightweight satellite IP modem which provides high speed connectivity running at up ...
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Compact VHF Handheld Designed for Commercial Usage
Icom UK Ltd has launched a new VHF marine handheld transceiver designed with particular emphasis on commercial use. Suitable forboth commercial marine and Private Business Radio (PBR) applications, the compact and rugged IC-M87 meets military standard requirements (MIL-STD) and is built to the same waterproof specification (equivalent to IPX7) employed ...
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Watts Happening for German Pollution Control Vessel
STN Schiffselektrik GmbH , a subsidiary of STN Atlas Marine Electronics , has been awarded a contract by Peene-Werft shipyard for the supply of all electrical and electronic equipment to be installed aboard a project named SUBS Ostee , a new pollution control vessel built for Germany''s Federal Waterways Engineering ...
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NewsPISCES 2 Networks Pollution Response Management
seawork exhibitor Transas hasintroduced its next generation Potential Incident Simulation, Control and Evaluation System (PISCES 2).
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NewsLamor Set to Clean Up at seawork2003
First time exhibitors, Finland''s Lamor Corporation , adds to the increasingly international flavour of seawork . The company designs and produces workboats and dedicated oil recovery vessels in a range of standard and custom designed models and sizes which can be outfitted with a specially developed line of advancing skimmer ...
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NewsWell Trained Engineers Inhabit seawork Quayside
Engine suppliers E P Barrus return to their familiar quayside location for seawork2003 secure in the belief that they provide not only the widest range of marine engines but also the best trained dealer network.
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NewsMarine Traffic Surveys Bring Safety to seawork
Southampton based marine risk management specialists MARICO Marine will be bringing their survey vessel MORVEN to the floating exhibition at seawork2003 and the company''s John Riding will address the UK Harbours Masters Association on the subject of marine traffic surveys and their implications for ports.
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NewsNo Fantasies About Theme Park Boat Safety
Guests at the Universal Orlando Theme Park in, Florida USA are benefiting from complimentary water taxi transport to and from its resort hotels and the attractions.
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NewsInnovative Transport for RNLI Rescue Hovercraft
People caught on quicksands or by incoming tide on the immense notorious mudflats of Morecambe Bay UK will be thankful for salvation in the form of a new road transportable hovercraft which has been put into service by the RNLI .
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NewsAutomatic Engine Room Fire Prevention Detection System
Norway based Hernis Scan Systems A/S have launched a new optical leakage detector system called DETEC which was shown at NorShipping in Oslo earlier this month.
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NewsHard Graft Gets College Centre of Excellence a Training Engine
Engineer cadets at the South Tyneside College National Nautical Centre of Excellence have improved their own training prospects by adding a new engine to their facilities, having dismantled it at its former home, moved it to the College and re-assembled it themselves.
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NewsOcean Safety Shines Light on seawork
Southampton based seawork exhibitor Ocean Safety Ltd has made good use of the time saved not travelling to the Exhibition, preparing to launch the latest addition to its range of compact lifejacket lights, the AQ02 . This is one of the first lifejacket lights to come with a three-way operation ...
