All News articles – Page 527
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Mass rescue training course
Delegates from 15 countries gathered at Shanghai Maritime University for a mass rescue operations (MRO) training course.
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NewsGreen ships at Antwerp
The port of Antwerp has seen a significant increase in the number of environmentally friendly seagoing ships.
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NewsNav-Tracker update
US-headquartered GOST (Global Ocean Security Technologies), has announced the latest innovation in its successful line of Nav-Tracker vessel monitoring and surveillance systems – the GOST Nav-Tracker 3.0 SM.
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NewsEpoxy-hulled rigid inflatable
Netherlands-headquartered Damen Shipyards Group unveiled the latest addition to its portfolio at Europort this year. Damen says its RHIB 1050 represents ‘the next generation in rigid hull inflatable boats’.
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NewsFirst IPSO certificate for Cork
Classification society Bureau Veritas has issued its first certificate under the ISPO (International Standard for Maritime Pilot Organizations) standard of best practice for pilots and pilot organizations to the Pilotage Authority, Port of Cork, Ireland. The ISPO certification covers the Pilotage services and Vessel Traffic Management System.
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NewsMonitoring System for Lerwick
Germany-headquartered navigation systems specialist Transas, has signed a contract with the Lerwick Port Authority, Shetland, UK to install a new Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to cover Lerwick Harbour. The new system is required to replace the harbour’s existing system.
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News100 knot hydrofoil
Hydrofoils Incorporated, a US-based 60-year innovator in high-speed marine design and technology, has successfully completed testing of a 1/8 scale version of their latest project, a hydrofoil which the company claims could top 100 knots and could be used for defence, commuter transportation or rescue.
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NewsLNG Masterplan Safety Studies
New LNG Masterplan Safety Studies which focus on the technical, safety and operational risk aspects of LNG bunkering, as well as LNG loading and unloading, are now available from DNV GL.
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News24 hours in a liferaft
Twelve brave volunteers from Maersk Training in Newcastle, UK took part in a gruellingly physical and mental challenge by spending 24 hours at sea in a small life raft.
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NewsVesper releases new AIS transponder
New Zealand-based manufacturing company, Vesper Marine, has released a new Class B AIS, the XB-6000.
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NewsJotron equips survival expedition
Norwegian communications expert, Jotron AS, has equipped the two balsa rafts taking part in the Kon-Tiki2 survival and science expedition.
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NewsTender tracker from Furuno
Carnival Cruise Line is installing a tender tracker developed by Japanese marine electronics giant Furuno on several of its cruise ships. Tender trackers are not new but this new Furuno developed system takes tracking one stage further by incorporating a degree of control, communication and monitoring that goes way beyond ...
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Danelec approval
Denmark-headquartered marine electronics company Danelec Marine has announced that classification society DNV GL has awarded a type approval certificate with EU Wheelmark designation for the new DM800 ECDIS G2 series Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS).
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NewsBarcelona refurbishment
Almarin, a Spanish manufacturer of Marine Aids to Navigation, has carried out the design, supply and installation of three lantern rooms with their respective domes for the Port of Barcelona, Spain.
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NewsHigh-tech lightweight load lugger
A Sloveian company, Hovercraft, has developed type of inflatable boat that could provide a new concept for transporting contractors'' equipment and for flood rescue. The use of inflatable panels in the construction of the Ferryboat makes the structure extremely light and portable yet in its inflated form is can transport ...
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NewsMultiple steerable propeller contract
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract for the delivery of 12 azimuth thrusters to Sanmar Shipyard in Turkey, with an option for an additional 30 units.
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NewsPolar research ship contract for Cammell Laird
British shipyard Cammell Laird has won a contract to build a new £200m polar research ship.
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Deep Green turbine
German propulsion and tidal turbine specialist Schottel hydro has announced that it will deliver a customized turbine solution for Deep Green, an underwater kite construction from the Swedish company Minesto in 2016.
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NewsA hospital in a box
Germany’s ELA Container Offshore has delivered its first mobile MEDICBox, otherwise known as ‘a hospital in a box’, to the offshore windfarm industry.
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NewsMilestone reached in engineering project
New engineering methods are being used to cut costs and provide safer navigation. The developments have come about through collaboration between aids to navigation supplier Hydrosphere and ABP Southampton which manages and maintains the navigation lights and buoys in Southampton Water, UK and its approaches.
