Navaids 13-18 – Page 10
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NewsGoing to ground, the eLoran alternative
Following reports that our satellite navigation systems are vulnerable to attack from both solar flares in space and the nefarious activities of hackers on the ground comes the news that counter-technology is underway.
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NewsA fairway to Fujairah’s filling station
The multipurpose Fujairah Port in the United Arab Emirates lies only 70 nautical miles from the Straits of Hormuz, so its services play an important part in the country’s oil transhipment.
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Buoy upgrade for ‘difficult’ channel
Navigation through a difficult channel is set to benefit from an AUS$300,000 works project.
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NewsLight and buoy rental service
With an increasing number of companies needing lights and buoys for short term projects or suffering budgetary constraints, a new rental service has just been launched which is already proving popular with wind farm projects.
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‘Accident Zero’ campaign launches in Istanbul
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu, during his closing address to the recent IALA) VTS Symposium in Istanbul, praised the safety record of the Turkish Straits VTS, which came into service in 2003.
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NewsBuoys contract extended at Greater Gabbard
Hydrosphere UK Ltd''s contract for the rental of six cardinal buoys to mark Britain''s largest wind farm, Greater Gabbard, has been extended by Fluor Limited.
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NewsEnhanced reporting for GSM marine lanterns
Australia based navaids manufacturer Sealite has release the next generation of its popular GSM web portal.
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NewsAtoN beacon wins virtually all the awards
New Zealand based marine safety products manufacturer Vesper Marine has been awarded an IHS Safety at Sea Award 2012 in the ‘Equipment’ category for its Virtual AIS Beacon, a system that creates, transmits and manages electronic AtoN.
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NewsIALA membership for Welsh buoy manufacturer
South Wales based Corilla Marine, which has been producing rotationally moulded parts for over 35 years, has become an Industrial Member of IALA.
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NewsGudrun gets a light stations package
Aibel AS of Norway has chosen Tideland Signal to supply a comprehensive package of Syncrolan LED light stations for the new Gudrun development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
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NewsPassive radar reflector posts peak results
John Simpson, Echomax’s inimitable MD, has just gone to the expense of putting an inflatable passive radar reflector through its paces at his own expense.
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NewsRenovation of Nab Tower lighthouse begins
Work to secure the future of a vital aid to navigation in the UK’s Solent is set to start this summer.
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NewsLoop Head Lighthouse hits the airwaves
Loop Head Lighthouse in County Clare is among hundreds of lighthouses and lightships worldwide participating in an event this weekend aimed at promoting public awareness of lighthouses and lightships.
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NewsNew racons for old at Trinity House
Under its framework agreement with the General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland (GLAs), Tideland Signal has won a further order from Trinity House for seven of its -50dBm SeaBeacon 2 System 6 dual band racons.
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NewsSealite launches next generation LED lanterns
Sealite has recently launched the next generation SL15 and SLC310 Solar LED Marine Lantern, and the new SLC410 with larger power supply.
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NewsNew AtoN plans for British Isles
Last week saw the launch of two plans for the future of marine aids to navigation around the British Isles.
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NewsBright lights and big buoys at Seawork
Visitors to Seawork 2012 will have the chance to see the new Vega VRL-74 LED Range Light, being displayed at the show for the first time by UK based aids to navigation supplier Hydrosphere.
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Wind Farm Marking Challenge
Trinity House, the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar, is working with the Civil Aviation Authority, wind farm developers and government departments to solve the problem of marking wind farms.
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NewsBuoys and lanterns for Angola LNG Project
Aids to navigation specialist Tideland Signal has won a further order to supply eight of its SB-2200 polyethylene buoys complete with MaxLED-200 lanterns to the new LNG port at Soyo in the north of Angola.
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NewsArchbeacon beckons as 21st century ‘lighthouse’
Spanish designer and engineer Alvaro Ortiz was inspired by a sailing incident where navigational difficulties led to him being rescued when approaching the port of Barcelona in a storm.
