Navaids 13-18 – Page 5
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NewsAIS keeps traffic away from dangerous wreck
Vesper Marine says its Guardian AIS solution has helped alert more than 8,000 vessels over 9 months to navigate around a dangerous shipwreck in the port of Singapore.
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NewsOil & Gas decommissioning Power Buoy could be useful in renewables industry
US company Ocean Power Technologies has signed an agreement with the British oil company Premier Oil to study the feasibility of using the PB3 Power Buoy for decommissioning operations in the North Sea. The system could also have application in the wind and wave power generation sectors.
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NewsGrowing market for Almarin buoys
Spanish navaids manufacturer Almarin has reported that its navigation buoys are being installed in a growing number of markets both in Europe and further afield, proving the effectiveness of their simple reliable design with the use of high quality materials manufactured in Europe.
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NewsScottish lighthouse upgraded to LED lighting
A Scottish lighthouse has been up upgraded to LED lighting in order to achieve more energy efficiency and lower maintenance costs.
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NewsBeaulieu River lights up at night
Navigation lights have been installed to help night sailors on the winding channel of the UK’s Beaulieu River as part of ongoing investment in the services and facilities for mooring holders and visitors arriving at the Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour on the river.
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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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NewsLow cost wave sensor from Aanderaa
Aanderaa Data Systems is a Norwegian company that specialises in instrumentation for measuring and monitoring environmental parameters such as weather, waves and currents.
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NewsRauma’s smart fairway
Meritaito Ltd has installed 33 ‘smart beacons’ on the fairway maintained by the Finnish Transport Agency and the Port of Rauma, increasing safety and saving money for the port administration.
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NewsFirst operational STM ship systems installed
The first Sea Traffic Management (STM) compatible bridge systems, connecting ships with shore based services and actors have been installed.
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NewsBuy cheap and you might buy twice
According to Hydrosphere’s John Caskey, replacing navigation aids because of casualties often involves expenditure that hasn’t been budgeted for. Therefore it is no surprise that, given the choice, many harbour masters and port authorities opt for replacement buoys that come with the cheapest price tag.
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NewsFast turnaround for navigation marker
Vessels will be able to safely transit a stretch of water near a nuclear power station thanks to a fast turnaround navaids project.
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Time Zero vessel surveillance for El Salvador
Spanish marine software company MaxSea is providing a TimeZero Coastal Monitoring system for the port of Acajutla, El Salvador.
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NewsRembrandt contract with MAIB
BMT Ship & Coastal Dynamics, a subsidiary of UK-headquartered BMT Group Ltd, has announced a new contract with the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch, acknowledged as a world leader in ship electronic evidence gathering, including VDR (Voyage Data Recorder) data recovery and interpretation.
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NewsEuropa Point re-engineered
UK General Lighthouse Authority Trinity House has completed the re-engineering of Europa Point Lighthouse in Gibraltar, its most southerly lighthouse.
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NewsTLC for your navaids
John Caskey, Managing Director at Hydrosphere, which supplies and maintains navigational aids has put together the following guide to navaid maintenance.
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NewsPort of Cork wave buoy
Irish Metocean data networking company TechWorks Marine was awarded a contract to design and deploy an operational Wave Buoy for Port of Cork in late 2016, to be deployed at Roche’s Point on the approach to Cork Harbour.
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NewsSL-75 Solar Marine Lantern
Australian AtoNs manufacturer Sealite has introduced the new SL-75 3-5NM Solar Marine Lantern with Bluetooth connectivity.
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Furuno to deliver 43 STM systems
Japan-headquartered marine electronics specialist, Furuno, will provide 43 ships with Sea Traffic Management-compatible on-board systems.
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NewsMarine aids to navigation around offshore wind farms
During October, the Canada-headquartered navigation technology company Sabik Offshore and Netherlands based outfit Orga Aviation launched a collaborative initiative to create and commercialise an integrated marine aids to navigation and aviation obstruction solution specifically designed to enable ''safe sea and air navigation in the vicinity of offshore wind farms.''
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NewsBetter buoys for bigger ships
The Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest seaport recently hired French manufacturer of Aids to Navigation Mobilis to design and install a bespoke mooring system with more capacity to handle the increase in vessel numbers and size, and to replace single point mooring buoys with larger multiple point mooring buoys.
