Accessories & Equipment

ECT Delta Terminal in Rotterdam has recently taken delivery of its 100th Kalmar Automatic Stacking Crane (ASC). As a proponent of automated handling systems, the terminal was the first to use Kalmar…

The team of engineers and scientists who built the miniature remote-controlled submarine Jason Junior used in the investigation of the wreck of the Titanic has developed an advanced new ROV that will…

Millennium Lifting of Seabrook in Kent UK have celebrated their second birthday by adding a third Liebherr crane to their fleet.

Smits 3,200 tonnes lift capacity Asian Hercules II returned to Norway in June to provide additional heavy lift assistance during the decommissioning of the Maureen platform.

Transas will exhibit under the motto Safety. Quality. IT. at SMM 2002. Transas Stand 11101 in Hall 11 will present a concentration of the latest IT developments in marine navigation and simulation.

The final phase of installation has recently been completed in a £ 500,000 communication network for the Port of London Authority. Westica Ltds 1.4GHz Multirate Radio System will speed the flow of…

In a recent accident at a crane berth in the Port of Ipswich, operations foreman Ivan Ransby was knocked unconscious when loose dunnage slipped from between packs of timber being unloaded onto…

Kongsberg Simrad Ltd has developed a one day course to give participants a basic insight into the mandatory requirements for Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), as well as its principles, application and benefits.

Marine Data Systems of South Africa has appointed Tideland Signal of Surrey UK as distributor for AIMS MIII, its Automatic Identification System to aid tracking and data exchange between ship, shore and…

The Engineering Business Ltd has developed a new generation of tow winches for the latest Sea Stallion cable ploughs using Hagglunds hydraulic motors and brakes. These cable ploughs are burying submarine cables…

German crane manufacturer Demag Mobile Cranes GmbH has won a contract to deliver a 100 tonne HMK 300 E mobile harbour crane to Kingston Wharves Ltd of Kingston, Jamaica. The crane was…

Iridium is a system of 66 satellites cross-linked in space and orbiting just 485 miles above Earth. Because the low-orbiting Iridium satellites are much closer to Earth than other systems (the geo-stationary…