Accessories & Equipment

Cargotec has won a contract to supply four sets of MacGregor anchor handling systems to a series of anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels.

A bit different from the usual deck equipment article, this is nevertheless a useful addition. The age old bucket has been given a 21st century make over, and now folds flat, which…

An innovative ‘wrap around the leg’ crane is GustoMSC’s way of providing efficient installation lifts and of freeing up the deck for the storage of wind turbine modules.

Lankhorst Ropes has developed splicing technology that reduces the size and weight of the ropes eye splice, making it easier to handle while still producing a rope that is almost a quarter…

The Salzburg based Palfinger Group is taking another step towards growth by acquiring a 75% interest in the Dutch company Ned-Deck Marine B.V. (NDM).

The Neva escort tug being built by the Almaz Shipbuilding Company in St Petersburg is to be a universal emergency vessel for St Petersburg’s ecological services department. The Ice Class vessel will…

McMurdo Ltd’s Kannad Marine Safelink AIS SART has been granted the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Certificate of Type Approval. In accordance with MCA regulations, the SART can now be fitted to…

UK marine safety company Cosalt has secured a major contract to supply its Premier 2010 lifejacket to Caledonian MacBrayne, the largest ferry operator on the West Coast of Scotland.

At the end of last month two technicians from South Shields UK based Solar Solve Marine travel to Glasgow to install 15 of the company’s SOLASAFE roller screens at the navigation bridge…

The ITF website www.itfseafarers.org, launched two years ago as an ‘online lifeline’ for everyone working at sea, has just been launched in three new languages. Originally available in English, it is now…

The Nautical Institute has launched new ‘vodcasts’ (video podcasts/shareable video clips) for students and lecturers to use to share knowledge of some of the key human element issues that affect shipping ,including…

Zodiac SOLAS has introduced a small automatic escape slide that it has been developed specifically for passenger vessels with limited crew.

Hydraulic cranes, winches, steering systems and stern drives all have one thing in common, and it’s often overlooked (despite being underfoot). Hydraulic hoses, which have to cope with millions of cycles of…

The first very large diameter synthetic rope sling certified by Lloyd’s for offshore installations is in use by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) on the largest wind farm currently under construction.

A subsea system capable of delivering large (and expensive) modules to depths of 3,000m without bouncing them on the bottom has been developed by Cargotec for the benefit of medium sized support…

Seven new purpose designed cranes for the Thames Barrier are to be built with a reach ‘about the same as four London Buses’ according to Doug Palmer of contract winners Pellegrini UK.

US based marine rope specialist Samson Rope Technologies Inc is launching the companys newest 12 strand stringing line, which incorporates Innegra-S fibre.

Cargo handling capacity at Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Humber Ports of Grimsby, Immingham, Hull and Goole has received a boost following the delivery of two Liebherr A 944 c HD Litronic material…

UK based ACE Winches, specialist in hydraulic winches and marine deck machinery has received the coveted Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2010 International Trade.

UK based cable manufacturer and supplier Tratos Ltd has recently won what they claim is the largest order in the world for reeling cable for high speed cranes.