Accessories & Equipment

A new company with an impressive production floor has been officially launched.

Certex UK customers now have access to one of the largest test benches in Northern Europe, thanks to new equipment installed recently in Denmark.

Markey Machinery introduced its new line of innovative Abandonment and Recovery (A&R) winches in time for the 2011 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC).

The officers of Athens based ship management company Mare Maritime used to spend a full day uploading and updating electronic navigational charts (ENCs) on dual ECDIS.

This year’s Seawork International proved to be a very busy and successful show for Ships Electronic Services Ltd (SES), a market leader in maritime communication and navigation electronics.

The research vessel RSS Discovery has been fitted with NSSLGlobal’s Cruise-IP VSAT service and a FleetBroadband system, ensuring connectivity wherever the vessel travels.

There has been recent criticism of the European Commission Task Force’s lacklustre approach to averting the unfolding maritime skills crisis, but there are still grass-roots providers able to show a way forward.

Kelvin Hughes has signed an agreement with Seagull to develop a product specific computer based training module for its MantaDigital ECDIS range.

Miko Marine AS of Oslo has signed on as one of the founder members of the Paris based Maritime Passive Safety Association (MPSA).

The UK consultancy and training services company Ferriby Group International is preparing for more work on its own doorstep as part of the UK’s marine renewable energy expansion.