Accessories & Equipment

The Steiner Shipyard in Alabama USA has acquired one of Marine Travelift’s 400C mobile boat hoists, thanks in part to a Small Shipyard Grant from the U.S. Maritime Administration. The Small Shipyard…

K-Master, Kongsberg Maritimes integrated aft bridge workstation has received an Award for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council (NDC), presented last month during the NDCs annual Design Day event.

Atlantas Marine Ltd of Somerset in the UK will be helping to improve the navigational system at Bristol Port having just supplied them with an E-Sea Fix CAT III’ Portable Pilot Unit…

A recent ceremony recognizing lifeboat heroes was interrupted as the recipients of the Bravery Medals dropped everything to make another, on the spot emergency rescue.

For the first time a Marine Evacuation System (MES) been developed for special purpose vessels such as offshore support craft.

Has the leisure market got anything to teach the commercial side? Well, yes, apparently. It seems that there have been a number of crossovers ‘upstream’.

Deckband, a Bluetooth radio communication system that enables mariners to communicate effectively in a challenging environment, was originally developed for the leisure market.

Until just two years ago, ‘ committee opinion’ was the main input on passenger response times in fire evacuations, explains Jenny Gyngell, a project manager for BMT Group.

The 2010 Oceanology International exhibition in London this month coincided with the celebration of 100 years of gyrocompass manufacture by S G Brown. The occasion was marked by the company with celebrations…

The Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) is set to get a new and updated VTS system from Transas International, based on Transas Navi-Harbour VTMIS solution.