Accessories & Equipment

For many years now we have acknowledged that professional powerboat users face an increased risk from injuries associated with the constant impacts they receive during their daily activities, writes James Glover of…

A team of eight worked for five hours to load the 25m Damen Shoalbuster ‘Marineco Akela’ onto the deck of a transportation vessel at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. Simon O’Neill of…

The recent lifting into place of the forward island marks a “highly visible achievement” in the build of the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers says Babcock QEC project director Sean…

A rather older but still rugged seagoing port tug is getting a new lease of life. MJ finds out that along with other upgrades, the 1974 built ‘Antey’ is getting a new,…

A bespoke, pneumatically-operated umbilical reeler with an accompanying crash frame has been built to spool over 1,700m of 141mm diameter umbilical.

A stand alone hydraulic anchor and mooring winch system that benefits from plug-and-play installation is gaining ground, according to Jens Meldal of TTS.

The arrival of Britain’s largest ever quay cranes at DP World’s London Gateway terminal was always going be challenging, “but the ETA at one point was almost changing hourly”, Sheila Armstrong of…

With every passing year, mentoring in the maritime industry becomes progressively more important, yet at the same time progressively more difficult, Murray Goldberg, CEO of Marine Learning Systems told MJ.

Cardiff based 3D software and systems firm GeoVS has completed the latest delivery of its C-Vu 3D Vessel Traffic System (VTS), which has been installed at the port of Poole on the…

Coastal and nearshore orientated workboat operators will take interest in a new system which allows for automatic communications switching.

An EU part-funded project suggests e-Navigation technologies and services will be crucial for offshore wind turbines, oil/gas platforms, and shipping traffic to co-exist safely in the North Sea Region.

Engineers from Portsmouth UK based Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) Ltd have travelled to Tohoku University in Japan to hand over C-Stat 2, the first autonomous mobile station keeping buoy.

Dorset UK based fast response craft training provider FRC International is hosting the CSI 2013 - Crew Systems Integration Conference from 2 to 4 July 2013 at the RNLI Lifeboat College in…

Mal Stein of UK based marine electrical engineering specialists SeaKing knows the importance of communications.