Accessories & Equipment

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.

Unique Seaflex was recently contacted by Saipem in Portugal, which was looking to urgently conduct a 550 tonne load test on a derrick barge located at Point Noire in the Congo.

A new era in offshore working has begun, with the launch of Barge Master.

Rolls-Royce has signed contracts to deliver an extensive package of ship equipment for ten anchor handling offshore vessels to the Malaysian ship builder Nam Cheong.

As part of a major upgrade by Babcock to the Rosyth Dockyard in Scotland, new overhead travelling cranes (OTC’s) have been built and installed by Street Crane Company.

Staffordshire UK based shipping company Robert Wynn and Sons Ltd is currently at the forefront of the largest energy projects on both sides of the Channel.