Accessories & Equipment

SMS Towage says it is spearheading an industry drive to create a new national workboat safety standard for the UK. The East Yorkshire-based business is helping to implement the Maritime Coastguard Agency-approved…

UK-based maritime safety specialist and Seawork 2015 exhibitor International Safety Products (ISP) is continuing its thrust into the European military sector after securing a new contract with the Polish Navy.

Having a place of safety and allowing time for survivors to recover before being rescued at sea is behind the newly designed Seapod inflatable survival platform. The device, which will be making…

Viking Life-Saving Equipment has taken an important step on the road to gaining approval for the Viking LifeCraft, its innovative alternative life-saving appliance (LSA) for passenger ships.

Marlin Environmental Services Ltd, which claims to be the largest provider of confined space training in the South of the UK have announced fresh availability for its Confined Space and Confined Space…

A triple partnership between MARIN, Cruden and Tree C Technology has forged the basis for a new Fast Small Ship Simulator for the Dutch Ministry of Defence.

UK-based navigational trainers ECDIS Ltd, have most recently utilised new simulation training technology for COLREGs (collision regulations) teaching aids, creating a brighter way to train and assess students from their 150 major…

Ocean Signal introduces its new rescueME MOB1 for the first time at Seawork International this year as the latest product in its range of devices integral to the safety of crew in…

Compliance is an ever increasing cost for businesses with more pieces of paper and more government bodies laying down regulations.

Contrary to may people’s beliefs, flares don’t spit hot metal and, under SOLAS regulations, have to comply with extremely strict criteria ensuring consistent and reliable performance, so says Chris Feibusch, head of…

Geoscience company CGG has set new standards for workboat safety following the introduction of a system that monitors the loads being lifted by its workboat davits. As we first covered in February’s…

The very first Brazilian Huisman winch packages will soon be coming out of the company’s new production facility in Navegantes, Brazil.

We don’t normally include cruise industry content in ‘Maritime Journal’, but on this occasion we couldn’t resist as a cruise ship viewing pod has now, according to its makers, introduced a new…

Two soon-to-be-delivered tugs, the Robert Allan designed ‘Lela Franco’ and ‘Michelle Sloan’ are presently being outfitted by Markey Machinery in the US.

Subsea lifting has risen enormously in complexity, but the standards, being based on the simpler operations of the past, have lagged far behind.

“Today more than ever the cost aspect is high on the agenda,” said Martijn Peter de Jongh of Rolls-Royce Marine AS, but finding the balance between price and capability can be tricky.