Accessories & Equipment

A space scientist at the UK’s University of Leicester, in collaboration with the New Zealand Defence Technology Agency and DMC International Imaging, has been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to…

Nearing completion in the Fassmer shipyard in Germany is a new design of lifeboat. Destined for the German Lifeboat Association, the DGzRS, this new lifeboat will be a replacement for their Berlin…

UK-based marine safety specialist IC Brindle has launched a new guide to the UK Workboat Code 2014, which came into effect on the 1st January this year.

For many years, near shore and inland search and rescue (SAR) services worldwide have used adapted leisure personal watercraft (PWCs). They are useful due to their shallow water abilities and ease of…

BMT Argoss a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has developed a new version of its ‘Rembrandt’ simulation and training tool specifically for use in…

A new app which will help make life safer for North Sea fishermen has been launched this week.

A new tow fish side scan sonar has been introduced by Kongsberg Maritime for use in search and recovery (SAR) missions as well as underwater inspection, engineering and scientific surveys.

While “there have historically been industry questions” around the uses of fibre rope, Jorn Boesten of DSM Dyneema said this has been answered by developments in both rope and winch technology –…

Search and Rescue (SAR) specialist, Techno-Sciences, Inc (TSi), has been chosen by the Governments of Cyprus, Brunei, Argentina and NASA to deploy its SAR network and next-generation Medium Earth Orbit Search and…

UK-based VideotelTM, in conjunction with Mines Rescue Marine, has launched the ‘Enclosed Space Management System’, designed to help effectively assess, audit and manage the safety of enclosed spaces on board vessels and…

It when it comes to a view of the specialist workboat, supply and support sectors, e-procurement companies are in a privileged position and Shipserv has unearthed some pertinent data on deck equipment.

Although cold-climate deck machinery design may remain superficially the same as more traditional equivalents, “it often takes a very different philosophy” said Marijo Bucan of Adria Winches.

“There’s no chance of standing still in this industry,” says Christian Herzog of the well-known Hatlapa brand, now part of the MacGregor Group.

At the start of the new year, EIVA in cooperation with Atlas Professionals will be launching two NaviSuite training software courses: a two-day Basic NaviPac Operation course and a one-day Basic NaviPac…

The Island Hub is a young and highly enterprising business based on South Uist in Scotlands Outer Hebrides. It was founded earlier this year by businessman Stephen Tanner and, having recently joined…

The ‘Haithabu’ is the new water body monitoring ship of Schleswig-Holstein’s Government-Owned Company for Coastal Protection, National Parks and Ocean Protection. It comes equipped with numerous cranes that include PK 23500 M…