Accessories & Equipment

French-owned McMurdo Group, has announced that its distributor, Alphatron Marine BV, has won the tender to supply Dutch tug company KRVE (Koninklijke Roeiers Vereniging Eendrachtthe), with McMurdo’s Smartfind S20 Personal AIS Beacon.

UK-based Salvare Worldwide is best known for its innovative inflatable survival platform, the Seapod, but now the company says its new smaller cousin, the Mini-Pod, is proving to be just as popular…

French-owned McMurdo Group, has announced that it has completed the installation of a six-antenna next-generation Medium-Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) satellite ground station system in New Zealand.

Survey ships and many marine construction vessels are often required to go into areas of shallow water where the chart may not always show reliable information. The margins for safe navigation can…

The Dutch company of TBV Marine Systems, part of High-tech-Solutions & Design B.V., is using an innovative Wave Measurement System first shown at Europort 2015 by its Dutch manufacturer; Krohne.

Two high-speed boats from Sweden have been sent by the not-for-profit NGO, the Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS), to join the sea rescue effort in the Eastern Aegean. The SSRS approached GAC…

Unique Group, the UAE-headquartered integrated subsea and offshore solution provider, has acquired Netherlands-based Oceanwide Safety at Sea, an expert in the design, construction and maintenance of self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboats.

Damen Shipyards has built a new fire-fighting vessel for the Amsterdam Fire Department. The vessel is designed to operate in the narrow and shallow city canals, which put restrictions on vessel design.

A Spanish-conceived remote-controlled multicopter built to support maritime search-and-rescue services has taken home the grand prize at the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2015, which will see it obtain both cash and further…