Navaids – Page 5
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NewsMétéo-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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NewsUK 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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NewsTackling 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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NewsEliminating 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.
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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.
