Accessories & Equipment

UK marine safety equipment manufacturer Spinlock will make its show debut at SMM this year. The company is excited to be exhibiting at Europe’s leading commercial marine trade show where it will…

At what point does water become mud? This near-philosophical question has solid financial implications if you are guaranteeing clearance for incoming vessels at a port like Rotterdam. But, while a high-tech sediment…

Two of the UK Southampton Solent University’s renowned shipping courses are set to be run in Greece, thanks to a recently announced partnership with AKMI Metropolitan College (AMC).

The CSMART centre recently opened in, Almere, Netherlands by cruise operator Carnival Corporation is claimed to be the world’s largest maritime training facility in terms of training capacity.

The new Firefly PRO rescue lights by US-owned ACR Electronics are extremely bright, reliable LED strobe lights which, claims ACR, ensure the best chance of visually alerting rescue services for accurate location…

French-owned search and rescue equipment specialist McMurdo has launched a new web portal to educate the global audience on status, functionality, benefits of MEOSAR, the fast-emerging satellite-based life-saving system.

A clear call has been sounded by Petar Modev of the UK P&I Club for the industry to “update its deck layout solutions for something more flexible”.

‘Ripping out the old and coming in with new’ isn’t always the most cost-efficient approach when it comes to lifting gear upgrades but tying Active Heave Compensated (AHC) equipment into pre-existing kit…

Possibly the most interesting thing about the six Italian Heila cranes going onto the UKs new polar research ship is that two of them are not just LR Offshore certified like the…

A Mermac R40 winch from Denmark-headquartered MacArtney is to be used for the continuing search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Boeing 777-200ER which disappeared over the sea between Malaysia and Vietnam…

There is no point in having sophisticated systems to send out alerts when an emergency arises unless there is some means of detecting them on board.

When selecting navigation and communications equipment it’s easy to get tied up in comparing specifications on paper, but there is really no better way of seeing how a product could work for…

There are both opportunities and challenges associated with the start of any very new industry which rise in tandem with the scale of the equipment – which needs safe handling.

Germany’s Wasserschutzpolizei in Schleswig-Holstein has been testing a compact new electronic chart system and looks likely to install it in its fleet of small patrol boats.

UK-based supplier of satellite handsets, Global Telesat Communications has announced the arrival of the new Thuraya SatSleeve+, a slip-on booster to turn an existing smartphone into a satellite phone.