Accessories & Equipment

Rolls-Royce has secured a £ 38 million contract to supply a newly developed anchor handling system that will enable floating oil platforms to be secured to the seabed in the extreme depths…

Reading about the huge numbers of platform supply vessels and anchor handling tugs on order for Bourbon Offshore is impressive. Actually seeing the production process is awe inspiring. On a recent visit…

Climate change is a reality that will have an effect on us for years to come. Controversial as it seems, the reduction of the Arctic ice has made changes that will make…

Ship and workboat equipment gets a bashing. If it isn' t physically banged around during docking, towing or unloading, the salt water corrosion alone would finish any less than tough pieces of…

Jumbo’ s Shipping’ s 2008 built heavy lift vessel MV Fairplayer successfully loaded several major heavy lifts in Belgium’ s Port of Antwerp last month.

One of the most difficult problems to overcome in installing a bespoke 200 ton SWL replacement anchor mooring winch onto the FPSO Anasuria was simply getting it to fit into the existing…

Workboats are now having to operate further and further from shore, often in either deeper or simply more difficult conditions as all kinds of energy markets open up, from geo-exploration further into…

Tyneside UK based Solar Solve Marine didn’ t need a pilot cutter to guide them to this order for five of their well known Solasafe anti glare roller sunscreens. However, they ended…

UK based marine safety equipment supplier Cosalt will be showing off its new Premier 2010 lifejacket and the new Cosalt Personal Recovery Device (CPRD) at this year' s Seawork exhibition.

Lifting capacity is critical for the new generation of pipelay vessels and will be well considered in the design office of Netherlands based Ulstein Sea of Solutions, which has been awarded the…

A new form of marine rescue sled from an equally new company is to be launched at Seawork 2009.

UK marine electronics distributor C A Clase will showcase its extensive range of communication and navigation products at Seawork International 2009.

A different kind of fast-rescue boat is hitting the water. ' It may look like similar boats, but it' s not’ , said Knut Erik Håheim of Norwegian company Brude Safety AS.

SAFEDOR, the maritime research project on risk-based ship design and approval has been concluded after four years of intensive study.

Specialist dynamic positioning (DP) training is available for the first time in Ukraine following the launch of a new facility by Bibby Ship Management.

The V100 VPIRB (VHF Position Indicating Radio Beacon), a new man overboard device from marine safety specialist Mobilarm, will make its European debut at Seawork 2009.

We are all used to thinking of sailors as a hardy lot, but what happens when you are at sea and one of the crew suffers a sudden cardiac arrest?

There' s a good chance that groundings will increase over the coming years, says Bob Couttie, in a recent update on Maritime Accident Casebook.