Navaids 13-18 – Page 4
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Irish met buoy investment
The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Minister Creed T.D. has announced investment of over €0.7M in the Marine Data Buoy Network.
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Mobilis factory visit showcases quality
The benefits of 100% in-house production was recently highlighted to Hydrosphere when members of its team paid a visit to the factory of its French supplier Mobilis.
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Radionavigation name change
The Research and Radionavigation team (R&RNAV) that supports the three General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of the UK and Ireland—the Northern Lighthouse Board, Irish Lights and Trinity House—will now be known as GLA Research and Development (GRAD).
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Renolit success for fairway buoys
Trials have shown that the biocide-free anti-fouling film, Renolit Dolphin S could be suitable for application to navigational buoys.
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Navigational lights for the Firth of Forth
The Queensferry Crossing over the Firth of Forth has been installed with new navigational lights in a £1.35 billion project involving more than 10,000 people.
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Carmanah lantern efficiency in Columbia
Carmanah Technologies’ M860 marine lantern with satellite monitoring has been helping improve safety and efficiency for Dirección General Marítima Autoridad Marítima Colombiana (DIMAR) at two Columbian ports.
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Minister visit for Northern Lighthouse Board
The UK Shipping Minister has paid a visit to The Northern Lighthouse Board’s (NLB) Oban base to experience first hand the vital work it does to keep mariners safe.
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GLA surveys future DGPS service requirements
The General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland are conducting a survey to gauge current and future user requirements for their Differential GPS (DGPS) service.
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UK government endorses lighthouse fleet review
The British government has endorsed the recommendations of the collective UK lighthouse collaborative to retain seven mixed service vessels to maintain an essential maritime safety service.
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Almarin presents at IALA Conference 2018
Spanish AToNs manufacturer Almarin has presented at The International Association of Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) quadrennial Conference in Incheon (Korea).
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Wind farm light regulating technology improves safety and reduces community impact
New technology has been developed that reduces the intensity of obstruction lights on wind turbines to improve safety for nearby pilots and reduce the impact of the beacons on local communities.
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Glamox launches LED navigation lights with estimated service life of 100,000-plus hours
Glamox has recently launched Aqua Signal Series 60 and Series 61, two long-life LED navigation lights with integrated countdown systems for leisure and commercial vessels.
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ITO Navaids purchased by air navigation company with eye on offshore wind market
Technostrobe, a Canadian specialist in the manufacturing of obstruction lighting systems for air navigation, has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in ITO Navaids, a Dutch company specialising in marine navigation aids.
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Direct sharing of voyage plan schedules
Sea Traffic Management (STM), and Port of Rotterdam have established electronic exchange of arrival times between ships and the port. 300 ships in the STM Validation Project are now able to share their voyage plan schedules, directly from their ECDIS/navigation system, with Port of Rotterdam electronically.
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Irish Lights set five-year course for navigation
Irish Lights has launched a new five-year strategy which maps out its vision for the delivery of its next generation of maritime navigational services.
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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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Météo-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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UK 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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Tackling navigation buoys wandering off station
Hydrosphere thinks it has the solution to the problem of marine navigation buoys wandering off station because of exposure to the elements at their location.
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Eliminating the need for deploying marker buoys
Danish hardware and software engineering company EIVA has introduced a new solution that offers an alternative way to ensure safe navigation rather than manual deployment of marker buoys.