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NewsTideland Completes the Refurbishment of Angolan Lighthouses and Aids to Navigation
Tideland Signal Limited has completed the refurbishment of two lighthouses and other aids to navigation in Angola, replacing the original beacons with modern, solar-powered lanterns at various points along the coast of Benguela Province.
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NewsTwo Colour Response to 'Tricolor'
The 2002 wreck of the car carrier Tricolor in the Dover Strait sent a sharp signal to all concerned with the emergency marking of ship wrecks.
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New Chief Executive for Northern Lighthouse Board
The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses have appointed Roger Lockwood CB as chief executive of the Northern Lighthouse Board.
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NewsNew Compact Lantern
Sussex UK based navaids specialist Tideland Signal has launched a versatile, compact, long range LED lantern suitable for both land based installations and offshore structures.
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News'Hall of Fame' for Text Message Navaids
Victoria, Australia based Sealite Pty Ltd has celebrated its recent induction into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame with the introduction of ''Cell Phone Monitoring'' for its range of LED lanterns.
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NewsNavaids Maintenance Double for VTMS
Leicester UK based VTMS Ltd has signed two major navaids maintenance contracts. VTMS will service and maintain the buoys and beacons of Forth Ports PLC in the rivers Forth and Tay over a five year period. A similar contract has been signed with Associated British Ports to service and maintain ...
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NewsTechnical Progress Trims Navaid Costs
With light dues reduced by some 50% over the last decade, the General Lighthouse Authorities for the UK and Ireland have, in response, made giant strides in cutting costs through operational efficiencies and the development of new technologies. These were on proud display at a Technical Open Day held earlier ...
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NewsNew Navaids for The Perch
Vessel Traffic Management Services (VTMS) of Leicester UK are no strangers to Irish waters, having worked in most ports around the coast.
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NewsTrinity House 'Alert' to Opportunities
Trinity House has taken delivery of its Rapid Intervention Vessel (RIV) Alert, built by Remontowa at Gdansk in Poland, where the 39.3m LOA vessel completed sea trials before being accepted into service.
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NewsTideland Lights Up Port of Copenhagen
Sussex UK based aids to navigation specialist Tideland Signal has supplied two complete traffic light systems to the port of Copenhagen to help ensure safe passage for ferries entering and leaving the new ferry terminal in the northern part of the harbour.
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News100 Years of Navaids for Pharos Marine
Aids to navigation specialist Pharos Marine is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Danish physicist Gustaf Dalen beginning works at the Aktiebolag Gassaccumulator Company which led to the development of the Dalen Mixer, a device which made it possible to automatically produce the mixture of acetylene and air (in a ratio ...
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NewsUSCG Approval for Sealite LED
The Sealite SL125-2 LED marine lantern has received US Coast Guard Approval for Class ''A'' structures. Incorporating 2 tiers of 36 LEDs (72 in total), the SL125-2 provides a luminous range of up to five nautical miles, with each LED tier utilising Sealite''s patented omni-directional LED Reflector to increase the ...
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Navaids Restored In the Congo
Sussex UK based Tideland Signal Ltd has supplied a complete package of solar powered lanterns and associated equipment under a $500,000 contract to restore the aids to navigation in the Congo River and on the Popular Republic of Congo''s 170km coastline after decades of instability and damage.
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NewsLighthouses Convert to Solar Power
Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has installed a comprehensive package of solar-powered aids for lighthouses along the country''s 335 mile coastline.
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NewsSecurity buoys Parliament
The perpetual threat of global terrorist activity has generated an urgent need for the protection of people and property everywhere. This has in turn led to the application of innovative and technologically smart equipment designed to enhance security, especially at strategically vulnerable sites.
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Royal Opening for Trinity House
The new office complex for Trinity House , the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, The Channel Islands and Gibraltar, was opened during the summer by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Master of Trinity House.
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NewsNavaids Go Live at Europort
Tideland Signal will be showing highlights of its comprehensive range of aids to navigation on Stand 501 at Europort Maritime in Rotterdam, including the latest AIS, a remote monitoring and control system, and single diode based lanterns.
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NewGeneration of Sector Lights Launched
Hampshire UK based manufacturer and supplier of aids to navigation Hydrosphere has launched the new Vega VLS-46 LED precision sector lights, which combine the latest LED technology with precision engineering and lens manufacturing to produce a completely new generation of navigation lights. These lights complement the existing range of longer ...
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NewsExperienced Shows that Boys Will Buy Buoys at Seawork
Eason Marine took the occasion of Seawork 2005 to launch their new 3m rotationally moulded navigation buoy. The EM3000 ispacked with new features aimed at making maintenance and deployment of the buoy much safer and simpler.
