Accessories & Equipment

Navico’s new Simrad IMO radar system takes a threefold approach to safenavigation, simultaneously acting as a docking aid, pirate detectionsystem and enhancing collision avoidance.

Worldwide boat transportation and freight forwarding firm, PSP, has successfully transported two catamaran ferries to Russia.

Seawork exhibitor Digital Yacht, to be found on Stand Q19, has developed a new low cost navigation device for use with Apples popular range of mobile products.

The UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has a sea survival pool at its Lifeboat College in Poole which is one of the largest specialist facilities of its type anywhere in the…

FLAGSHIP, the Pan-European maritime transport project part funded by the EU, has successfully developed software that enables comprehensive suppression of audible warnings.

American boat hoist specialists Marine Travelift Inc has appointed Ribeca Equipment Inc as its newest dealership in South America.

Two Solent area independent lifeguard and lifeboat charities are set to benefit from VHF equipment donated by UK marine electronics manufacturer Raymarine.

Solar Solve Marine UK will be returning to Seawork this year after a ten year absence. The companys full range of products will be available to view on stand A275.

British safety expert BCB International Ltd will be exhibiting its latest range of marine survival equipment at Seawork on Stand MS5.

Spanish companies Ibercisa, working together with Industrias FERRI, are supplying deck equipment and oceanographic winches for a new Taiwanese research vessel.

Teesport in the UK was temporarily transformed into a scene resembling a science fiction film earlier this month.

Specialised UK engineering company SE Hydraulics and American motion and control specialist Parker Hannifin have partnered to develop a passive damping system to protect crew members on Regional Support Vessels.

A salvage operation on a shipwreck 3,200m below the surface of the South Atlantic has been successfully carried out using lightweight ropes made with Dyneema ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibre.

Palfinger Marines development department has entered the world of offshore crane systems with the design of the first Palfinger ‘Heavy Duty Foldable’ marine crane for a modern research ship.

A research project aiming at the eventual installation of intelligent navigation in remotely controlled craft has begun.

A well known training company has said that the need for product specific ECDIS training is becoming clearer as unskilled operators may even be increasing the possibility of incidents.

FLAGSHIP, a part EU funded maritime transport project, has successfully delivered the first advanced emergency situation management tool for fire and flooding with integrated ship to shore real time reporting.

Kongsberg Maritimes simulation division and Norway’s Vestfold University College have signed a framework agreement to further explore projects of joint interest for research and development of maritime simulators.

Lifeboat manufacturer and service provider Schat-Harding has said that IMO and some parts of the shipping industry need to move more quickly towards a consensus on vital lifeboat safety issues.

Workers at the A&P Group in the UK have secured the impressive sum of £9,000 for charity, simply by working safely on site.