Accessories & Equipment

Kelvin Hughes SharpEye radar is now in continuous use on the world’s fastest ferry, operating between Argentina and Uruguay.

Although these days everyone points to the human element’s contribution to jeopardy, technology isn’t bullet proof either.

Safehaven Marine has launched an Interceptor 48 self-righting, all-weather pilot boat, built in its busy facilities at Cork in Ireland.

Dr Nick Ward of the General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland has written this article for MJ to discuss the changes that are required to ensure that developments in navigational…

Following an introduction in 2012, UK based specialist seating manufacturers Scot Seats has supplied an order for six shock mitigation Helmsman seats to Nautic Africa.

The majority of marine accidents cite human error as a causal factor, yet human factors as a discipline is often overlooked, writes Chris Greenbank, Human Factors Specialist at BMT Reliability Consultants.

Two new state of the art boats are being built at German shipyards as part of an effort to modernise the already impressive fleet of Bremen based sea rescue service DGzRS and…

UK based independent marine safety supplier and Seawork exhibitor Ocean Safety supports its major equipment supply contracts with training sessions to ensure that ship operators and crews know how to use safety…

Communications and safety at sea specialist Ocean Signal will focus on expanding its presence in the Dutch commercial market with the appointment of True Heading Nederland BV as its new distributor for…

iXBlue is to supply Quadrans fibre optic gyrocompass systems for installation aboard the four new Tide Class tankers of the UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA).

CEACT stands for Channel ECDIS, AIS & Course Trajectory and is navigation software that is specifically designed for professional towboats and workboat operations within the confined waterways of the US inland river…

The DockingAssist system is a precise, high-speed port navigation system developed in a European research project.

The decision to take a ship from St Petersburg to Vladivostok across the icy Northern Sea Route had a lot resting on it. Specifically, six tugs weighing between 726 and 380 tonnes.

An example of the new JonRie Super Series 220 Double Drum Escort Winch has been installed aboard the US tug Patriot, owned by Marine Towing of Tampa, Florida.

Unlikely as it seems, the commercial workboat business owes a lot to the Abramovichs and Mansours of this world, explains Tom Loasby of Dorset UK based marine deck equipment suppliers Seaway Powell.