Accessories & Equipment

Maritime search and rescue authorities worldwide will benefit from the Spanish coastal authority’s pioneering training methods using SPOT Trace satellite tracker units.

One of the key drivers behind the development in maritime mass rescue operations over the last 30 years has been the MS Estonia disaster in 1994.

Alphatron Marine has upgraded its ECDIS training facility at its headquarters in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

US-headquartered Iridium Communications Inc. has announced that two key milestones along the path to becoming the second recognized provider of Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) services have been reached.

More must be done to emphasise the importance of maritime mass rescue operation planning, a keynote speaker at the G4 International Maritime Mass Rescue Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, has urged.

UK-based Safety and Survival Systems International (3Si) has published its 2017/18 products catalogue, its first since it acquired Ocean Safety, Typhoon International and US-headquartered Revere Survival.

An Irish software startup is boosting lifeguarding operations by trialling the use of drone technology for automated beach patrols for the first time ever in Ireland.