Accessories & Equipment

Cargo handling capacity at Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Hull has received a boost following the delivery of a new £1.7m Liebherr LHM 180 mobile harbour crane.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents global shipowners and 80% of the world merchant fleet, welcomed the decision by the IMO Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation taken in London.

Marine electronics designer and manufacturer Simrad will be showing its innovative Simrad Broadband 4G Radar to the workboat sector for the first time at Seawork 2012.

Pilot organisations around the world, including Peel Ports Medway in the UK and Kiel Canal Pilots in Germany, are investing in the latest version of a new marine manoeuvring simulator.

Associated British Ports (ABP) is launching a new marine apprenticeship training scheme at its Humber ports of Grimsby, Immingham, Hull, and Goole.

SMIT and URS have been training their tug masters in the Netherlands and Belgium with MARIN Mermaid simulators since 2008.

PC Maritime’s new Navmaster ECDIS type specific training DVD is now available,believed to be the first stand alone type specific training CD Rom.

A £ 360,000 upgrade to the Marine Simulation Centre (MSC) at South Tyneside College will include enhanced tug handling simulation, four secondary navigation bridges fitted with 50 inch plasma screens, and new…

Composite Manufacturing (CML) and Brockenhurst College have completed the first run of City and Guilds accredited five day hand laminating courses held at their facilities in Marchwood, Southampton UK.

For Rotterdam based EMO, the largest transshipment terminal for coal and iron ore in Western Europe, VSTEP has created a crane simulator for preparation and training of their future and current EMO…

The growth in passenger traffic on the Thames in London has brought increased employment opportunities for skilled crew members and many boat operators are actively recruiting staff.

The ' Normand Seven' , which has been voted ‘ Ship of 2007’ in Norway, is fitted with 17 SOLASOLV products supplied by South Shields UK based Solar Solve Marine.

Thomas Gunn Navigation Services and Transas Marine Ltd have formed a new partnership which prmises to bring significant benefits to customers of both organisations.

The Queens Diamond Jubilee Pageant, to be held on the River Thames on 3 June, is the biggest event on the London river for more than 300 years and will probably never…

Ships Electronic Services Ltd (SES) represented a number of globally known maritime communication and navigation electronics manufacturers at this year’s Seawork International.

Five German Pilot Associations for the Elbe, Emden, Hamburg, Jade/Weser II and Kiel Canal I (Brunsbüttel) have chosen Hamburg based maritime navigation specialists SevenCs GmbH to supply their Orca Pilot Portable Pilot…