Accessories & Equipment

Special boat davits designed for polar conditions will allow more rapid transfer for the Norwegian Coastguard.

An Australian company has claimed that its lubrication equipment can increase the life of wire ropes by up to 300% over traditional lubrication methods.

A new battery-powered strobe light will flash for two days and help pinpoint a vessel or MOB in distress without the dangers and hassles of carrying pyrotechnic flares.

A safety-focused remote-controlled load management system for crane operations, which eliminates the need for human-held taglines, is now available in Europe.

A leading electronic charting specialist has announced a powerful upgrade of its integrated offering with new features for navigational chart and publication management.

A newly launched Satellite Push To Talk handheld radio uses the Iridium satellite communication network, covering the whole earth, including both poles.

New best practice techniques and guidance on the use of ECDIS has been published to aid safer ship operation/navigation and a more effective bridge team.

Trials have been carried out to assess the potential for using drones to assist with search and rescue operations around the UK coastline reports Dag Pike.

New guidance on lifeboat and rescue boat operations aims to fill the gap between training and reality by providing potentially lifesaving insights into the realities of handling a lifeboat, MOB boat or…

One of the pilot vessels of Nederlands Loodswezen BV, has been equipped with three new davit systems for deployment and recovery of their Fast Launch Craft.

McMurdo FastFind 220 and Kannad SafeLink Solo personal location beacons (PLB) can now operate on the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) writes Dag Pike.

A new man overboard recovery system developed in Scotland is claimed to be one of easiest to use systems on the market today writes Dag Pike.

A quick and efficient robotic lifesaving product has been launched to help improve safety at sea during rescue operations.

A major shipping company will use a revolutionary new system for fighting container ship fires at height.

Frequently sounding bridge warnings, especially false ones, can create ‘alarm fatigue’ and hinder watch keepers in carrying out their vital role, a new survey supported by InterManager has revealed.

Volunteers from Salcombe Lifeboat Station have received a new Helly Hansen lifesaving kit, as the national roll out of the RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat crew kit reaches its conclusion.

KPM-Marine has partnered with marine electronics and safety equipment distributor Pinpoint Electronics to increase the global audience for its product line using Pinpoint’s diverse customer base and expertise in delivering products into…

Now that Acta Marine’s new walk-to-work vessel ‘Acta Centaurus’ has been working for 1.5 months in the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm, crane supplier SMST has provided feedback on its systems’ performance.

The UK’s Southampton Solent University Governors Alison Colley and Dr Joan Stopp, officially named the latest vessel to join the country’s largest fleet of scale manned models at the University’s world-renowned Ship…