Accessories & Equipment

iXBlue is to supply Quadrans fibre optic gyrocompass systems for installation aboard the four new Tide Class tankers of the UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA).

CEACT stands for Channel ECDIS, AIS & Course Trajectory and is navigation software that is specifically designed for professional towboats and workboat operations within the confined waterways of the US inland river…

The DockingAssist system is a precise, high-speed port navigation system developed in a European research project.

The decision to take a ship from St Petersburg to Vladivostok across the icy Northern Sea Route had a lot resting on it. Specifically, six tugs weighing between 726 and 380 tonnes.

An example of the new JonRie Super Series 220 Double Drum Escort Winch has been installed aboard the US tug Patriot, owned by Marine Towing of Tampa, Florida.

Unlikely as it seems, the commercial workboat business owes a lot to the Abramovichs and Mansours of this world, explains Tom Loasby of Dorset UK based marine deck equipment suppliers Seaway Powell.

Unique Seaflex was recently contacted by Saipem in Portugal, which was looking to urgently conduct a 550 tonne load test on a derrick barge located at Point Noire in the Congo.

A new era in offshore working has begun, with the launch of Barge Master.