Accessories & Equipment

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.

Hampshire UK based marine electronics distributor C A Clase has launched the KVH TracVision HD11 satellite TV system for the commercial marine market.

The SafePort research project has completed initial sea trials of a prototype vessel management system at Dublin port in Ireland.

Compact cranes supplied by the GGR Group’s Glasgow depot have been busy working for transportation specialists Henry Abram and Sons Ltd on one of the world’s largest barges, the AMT Trader, at…

Two training bursaries for the International Diploma for Harbour Masters course are being awarded for this year by the UK Harbour Masters’ Association (UKHMA) and the International Harbour Masters’ Association (IHMA).

Safety specialist Cosalt intends to generate plenty of interest on stand B35 at Seawork 2011, especially from those involved in the fast growing offshore wind energy sector.

A German containership en route to the Caribbean suffered a serious collision while transiting the North Sea, damaging steering gear and causing a leak which measured the height of the port side…

A new company with an impressive production floor has been officially launched.

Certex UK customers now have access to one of the largest test benches in Northern Europe, thanks to new equipment installed recently in Denmark.

Markey Machinery introduced its new line of innovative Abandonment and Recovery (A&R) winches in time for the 2011 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC).

The officers of Athens based ship management company Mare Maritime used to spend a full day uploading and updating electronic navigational charts (ENCs) on dual ECDIS.

This year’s Seawork International proved to be a very busy and successful show for Ships Electronic Services Ltd (SES), a market leader in maritime communication and navigation electronics.

The research vessel RSS Discovery has been fitted with NSSLGlobal’s Cruise-IP VSAT service and a FleetBroadband system, ensuring connectivity wherever the vessel travels.

There has been recent criticism of the European Commission Task Force’s lacklustre approach to averting the unfolding maritime skills crisis, but there are still grass-roots providers able to show a way forward.

Kelvin Hughes has signed an agreement with Seagull to develop a product specific computer based training module for its MantaDigital ECDIS range.