Accessories & Equipment

An acquisition by Austrian company Palfinger Marine gives it the capability to manufacture cranes specially adapted to the highly explosive offshore environment.

There is yet another order for very large cargo access equipment for a growing family of big ro-ro and container vessels.

A US survey vessel needed to meet lifting operation regulations for UK waters but, as the vessel maintenance manager admitted, they needed help with not just adhering to the rules, but even…

A remote Australian LNG development which is challenged by an 8m tidal range has asked Damen Shipyards to create a tailor-made pontoon, the largest Damen has built so far.

With a total bollard pull of 100 tonnes and a reinforced hull, the TunDRA 100 tugs have been designed by Vancouver’s Robert Allan Ltd to meet the growing need for both increased…

One issue with some of the new generation cruise vessels is that they have lifeboats located outside the hull, which require a new generation of boarding bridges to cope with the simple…

History took a strange turn recently as people watched food containers arrive in Paris by river for the first time since the Middle Ages.

Lankhorst Ropes Offshore Division has relocated its rope production facility for deepwater mooring ropes and single point mooring (SPM) hawsers to a new purpose built factory at Viana do Castello, Portugal.

Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee’s jointly developed Turbine Access System (TAS) is gaining an integrated bow roller mechanism to further enhance its capability as a safe and predictable transfer platform.

1987 was a momentous year for shipping. Not only was the Maritime Journal launched, it coincided with a period of significant change for maritime legislators.

UK based ECDIS training and consultancy company ECDIS Ltd has unveiled its new VSTEP Nautis full mission bridge simulator with a 315° viewing capability.

Transas Hellas has supplied a navigational simulator complex to Costamare Maritime Training Services S.A in Athens.

The Technical University of Varna in Bulgaria officially opened its new state of the art simulation training center during a high profile opening ceremony at the university premises in October.

Kongsberg Maritime has received over 80 orders for its new K-Master aft- and forward-bridge workstation.

Furuno’s INS Training Centre in Denmark has released the new distant training platform NavSkills CAT, using a computer aided training platform to provide high quality training to Furuno’s ECDIS users.

The new training programme from Videotel Marine International, The Mariner’s Role in Collecting Evidence, produced in association with the North of England P&I Association Limited, focuses on the importance of collecting and…