Navaids – Page 14
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NewsNew navigation lamps popular with boatbuilders.
Since their recent introduction, the new Hella marine NaviLED LED navigation lamps have become the choice for dozens of boatbuilders. The convenient port and starboard twin pack has also proven popular with marine retailers.
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NewsATONIS adds data for bright buoys
This month sees the often humble buoy rising in the world of technology as a UK company steps into production of Automatic Identification System (AIS) units that will be fitted to many lighthouse authority marker buoys.
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NewsData buoys enjoy Atlantic evolution
A report out this month on an array of long term data buoys in the Atlantic shows that it has exceeded expectations - despite fishing damage, vandalism and bird droppings - and that demand for the information is growing with over 50,000 downloads of information in one year alone.
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NewsHeads up in fast water
A new large-size buoy with a twin keel hull design that has already won orders across the world, has recently found a special niche in waters closer to home.
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NewsGreen light signals success on Bute
Rothesay Harbour on the Isle of Bute has two equally important demands on its facilities, the car ferry and recreational boats are an equally important part of the island' s trade. When the 72m ferry comes bearing down on the tiny leisure craft, it can catch them in its wash ...
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NewsPrincess raises NLB's profile in Parliament
Light was thrown on the sterling job of Scottish lighthouses last week when recognition of Princess Anne' s tours raised the profile of the Northern Lighthouse Board.
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NewsScience relies on buoys with bounce
Elastic won the day for two customised data buoys that are being deployed in the English Channel off Plymouth last month. The pair of bright yellow, seven metre buoys, bristling with sensitive instruments, are part of the £ 100m national marine science programme Oceans 2025, funded by the Natural Environment ...
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NewsNew buoys and signal controls at Seawork
Hampshire UK based Hydrosphere makes another short journey to Seawork 2008, where it will be exhibiting a selection of key products from its range of navigation buoys and lights on Stand 24.
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NewsXJF Plastics to buoy up business at Seawork
Rolling down the motorways from Nottinghamshire UK, XJF Plastics, which manufactures the environmentally friendly and lightweight Eason marine navigation buoys, will again be displaying its products at Seawork 2008.
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NewsGLAs call for eLoran navigation backup
The General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland (GLAs) welcomed the recent release of the European eLoran Forum’ s report, ' eLoran: Securing Positioning, Navigation and Timing for Europe’ s Future' .
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NewsBrighter light shines across the Kattegat
The harbourmaster on Denmark' s Læsø Island has replaced the incandescent bulbs and lampchanger in a conventional warning lantern with Tideland Signal' s new MaxiHALO-60 LED flasher assembly in order to achieve a brighter light, giving better visibility across the Kattegat sea between that country and Sweden.
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NewsCZ Buoyed by Trinity House Order
Cookson & Zinn (CZ), the specialist tank and vessel manufacturers, have supplied 24 new buoys for a range of locations around the English and Welsh coast for Trinity House.
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NewsBuoy Mounted AIS for Barcelona
Tideland Signal Ltd has won the public tender to supply its Informer V03 AIS to Barcelona Port Authority for installation on four of the port' s most important buoys in order to improve identification by mariners and to make it easier to service the equipment.
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NewsPharos Marine Riding the Wind
Middlesex UK based Pharos Marine report further orders for the marking of offshore wind generators.
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NewsNew AIS Pinpoints Irish Sea Navaids
An innovative scheme funded by the European Union' s Interreg IIIA programme to increase safety on the seas was launched last month in Larne, Northern Ireland. The Automatic Identification System will improve navigation capabilities for ships by automatically identifying other ships in the area, as well as buoys and lighthouses.
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NewsHeadline: The Future of Aids to Navigation
The growth of the marine leisure market, the increase in numbers of high speed, large craft and changes in traffic patterns coupled with emerging technologies are placing new demands on, and finding new solutions for, aids to navigation providers like Trinity House.
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NewsNavigation Buoys Deployed at South Hook
FenderCare subsidiary Hippo Marine has been selected by Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) to supply five navigational buoys, including moorings, for the new South Hook LNG Terminal development.
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NewsMore Buoys from Oz
Sealite Pty Ltd in Australia, have completed the Phase 2 expansion of their new manufacturing facility with an expanded rotational moulding division now in full production.
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NewsVoyager Lights Path for Patrol Boats
UK manufacturer Francis Searchlights Ltd has launched the new ‘ Voyager’ searchlight, which is suitable for the patrol craft and other high speed vessels. It features powerful halogen, xenon and metal halide light source options and a sleek, low profile design.
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NewsSolar Power for Irish Lights
Following a competitive tender process, Drogheda Port Company has awarded Hydrosphere UK Ltd the contract for the upgrade to solar power of all of its seaward and estuarial navigational aids.
