Accessories & Equipment

The current 121.5/243MHz analogue COSPAS SARSAT service will cease in February 2009 and only the 406 MHz digital beacon signals will be processed thereafter. The major benefits of a 406 MHz device…

International private equity and funds manager 3i has agreed to buy Dutch marine heavy lift operators Dockwise Transport BV from Dutch offshore services company Heerema Group and Norwegian maritime group Wilh. Wilhelmsen…

German winch manufacturer and deck equipment supplier HATLAPA enters the New Year with 30 large anchor handling and towing winches filling the order book. The largest of these is a 500 ton…

DSM Dyneema is spearheading the latest innovations in mooring and tugging lines with the use of ultra-strong Dyneema fibre. Through research and development and close collaboration with rope manufacturers and end users,…

Southampton UK based specialist project managers and marine engineers Osprey Shipping have been employed by crane manufacturer Stothert & Pitt, part of the international Clarke Chapman group, to supply a turnkey solution…

The first vessel in over a decade to collectscrap metal from the UK Port of Wisbech has been loaded in an operation madepossible by upgraded handling facilities. The cargo ship Brandaris sailed…

The consent given last month by the British Government for the worlds largest wind farm to be built in the Thames Estuary further validates the arrival of the offshore wind power industry…

The Port Marine Safety Code and other legislation makes it all the more important that even the smallest ports and harbours control their waters effectively. AIS on its own, a solution favoured…