Accessories & Equipment

Netherlands headquartered Alphatron Marine has announced that Mr. Erik van Boom has been appointed as Country Manager for the Euro border region Scheldemonden.

The Gerritsen On- & Offshore Services BV company has handled a routine turbine maintenance procedure being undertaken on an offshore location in the Southern North Sea.

US headquartered specialist in safety and survival technologies, ACR Electronics, has broadened its range of devices with the introduction of its new Class A and Class B Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) transceivers.

South Korean-headquartered Intellian now claims to be the leading global provider of stabilised marine satellite antenna systems, the critical hardware component of maritime satellite communications.

In anticipation of the arrival of five of the world’s largest cranes at the Port of Liverpool, UK in the autumn, Peel Ports has introduced a state-of-the-art ‘virtual’ training simulator from Swiss…

America’s very first Bachelor of Science in Maritime Technology, offered by Northwestern Michigan College, is to get a Falcon ROV built by Saab Seaeye in Europe. The aim of the BSc program…

SurvitecZodiac has spent over 2 years developing a container heating system for its whole range of commercial liferafts- thus making all the rafts in its range meet the new IMO Polar Code…

The simulation centre at the Technical University of Varna in Bulgaria has recently opened a new simulation wing. Following the opening of its simulation centrein 2012, the TU Varna has seen steady…

The Maritieme Academie Holland has selected VSTEP as simulator partner for their new Inland Navigation Center in Harlingen. The deal includes the purchase of a Full Mission Inland Navigation Simulator along with…

The Italian Air Force Search and Rescue team has been expanding its skills and knowledge during a visit to a UK subsea trials and training facility The Underwater Centre, which claims it…

Four wireless compression load cells with centre of gravity software were used to weigh two subsea fabricated platforms at Pentalver’s shipping facility at Southampton Docks, UK recently.

On a bright and blustery day in early June, 24 apprentice Watermen took to the lower reaches of the River Thames on a ‘familiarisation’ cruise aboard the Gravesend based pleasure boat Princess…

The 150th anniversary of the German lifeboat service is celebrated in a handsome book of images, as appreciated by Graeme Ewens.

DelNorte in conjunction with OceanWise has delivered a new on-line tidal level system to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to assist its crews to safely launch its rescue craft from its…

According to a UK maritime training provider, the requirements enforced by the UK’s new Workboat Code could lead to a last minute rush for personnel to obtain qualifications.

Ocean Safety has announced its appointment as UK sales and service agents for the full range of Narwhal SOLAS approved Rescue Boats. Narwhal models include the SV-420, SV 480, FRB 700 and…

A very, very new access system has been designed which can automatically ‘hang’ within 15cm of an access platform “like a bee in front of a flower” explained Jean-Pierre Moreau of French…

For those of us who look at a black box and wonder why the fuss, it’s useful to chat to someone who understands why a recent microelectronic breakthrough will make a big…