Accessories & Equipment

Sealite’s BargeSafe Solar has been selected by ASMAR (Astillerros y Maestranzas de la Armada) as the preferred navigation lighting system for use on the bulk transportation barges they are building under contract…

Greater numbers of differing chemicals as well as greater volumes of them are now being transported both by short sea operations as well as by inland waterways since it is proving a…

Coastguard rescue operations, harbour pilots, local police and fire crews all have a number of plans to deal with port emergencies, but whether or not they come together to be effective is…

On board entertainment systems to serve the welfare of crew and/or passengers onboard ships are becoming standard equipment on vessels servicing , for example, the offshore wind farm industry.

Harwich Haven Authority, which operates the Harwich Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) controlling the movements of vessels in and out of the cluster of Suffolk and Essex ports, has upgraded its VTS hardware…

Millions of workers in Europe are exposed to mechanical vibration transmitted to the hands from powered hand tools or to the whole body through industrial seating.

Navis dynamic positioning (DP1) systems are going to be put aboard the innovative ‘Sea Axe Fast Crew Suppliers craft, currently under construction at Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem.

A Norwegian high speed ferry operator is bringing onboard electronic updating of charts and navigation hardware, but the special demands of the ferries’ crew have also had to be met.

Both Dutch and Belgian marine pilots are to be supplied with Portable Pilot Units (PPU), following an order for 25 high precision systems that not just survived but surpassed rigorous testing.

“One plus one plus one doesn’t always equal three,” Captain John Wright of WrightWay Training told Maritime Journal.

Decisions relating to wind farm construction aren’t all about the geography or wind resource.

The programme to bring the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) new Shannon class all weather lifeboat into service reached a key milestone this summer.

Milford Haven Port Authority in Wales has begun a trial of advanced C-Vu 3-dimensional VTS display software from GeoVS.

Swedish commuter ferry operator Stirsöbolage has become the first Scandinavian company to benefit from the new Zodiac MES ESS automatic escape slide.

Flag states that fail to properly investigate maritime accidents should not be allowed to operate ship registries, the maritime professionals’ union Nautilus International told a conference last month.

The UK P&I Club has completed a a series of three short articles which provide a user friendly guide to the mystery surrounding electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS).

The UK’s HRH The Princess Royal has honoured maritime heroes who risked their lives in dangerous sea rescues.

A significant milestone was passed recently when Alewijnse Marine Systems recorded the 1000th installation of an AIS transponder on board an inland vessel based in the Netherlands.

Hercules Hydraulics has found that pull from the industry has been ‘large’ even by a deck equipment manufacturer’s standards.

Rolls-Royce is to supply ship lifts to two shipyards in the Middle East, with both orders for units that can handle vessels weighing up to 5,000 tons.