Accessories & Equipment

Cargotec’ s Kalmar division has delivered four new ship to shore (STS) cranes and nine other new container handling machines to the Port of Vuosaari at Helsinki in Finland.

UK based software developer and supplier PC Maritime has launched a new engine room simulator that can run on a standard PC.

It started with disaster in 1981. The failure of evacuation procedures on Alexander Kielland rig in the North Sea cost 123 lives, but that incident has helped to drive Norwegian safety innovation…

Although the dredging market has had a skills gap for quite some time, there are now fewer barriers to training crew.

The Ship Safe Training Group (SSTG), which has come together through an innovative attitude toward getting much needed skills on board ships, also has an unconventional approach to finding trainees.

The first marine Attitude Heading and Reference System (AHRS) that used ' strap down' inertial sensors has received IMO Wheelmark approval. The ' strapdown' part of the system is particularly important because…

Simrad has asserted that their SP92MKII commercial sonar is up to competing with military units on both specifications and performance at a fraction of the cost. The Turkish Naval Forces Command is…

A new service targeted at small commercial vessels aims to provide entry level broadband which can deliver SMS, voice and IP data up to 150kbps.

The SafeWinch from Dutch winch manufacturer Machine- & Lierenfabriek C. Kraaijeveld BV was one of two innovative products to be nominated for that nation' s 2008 Maritime Innovation Award.

Seattle USA based Markey Machinery has just installed a massive new electric hawser winch aboard the terminal support tug SMBC Monterrey in Spain.

A new software system designed by Certex UK has been credited with ensuring standards of health and safety at Vestas Offshores Kentish Flats, one of the UKs latest wind farms.

Shipyards and manufacturers are increasingly confronted with major and growing quality assurance challenges as a result of globalised manufacturing processes and the necessity to deliver key components to specialised subcontractors around the…

Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding is launching a new generation freefall lifeboat for the offshore industry.

SOLASAFE-SR, the latest innovative product to be launched by anti-glare specialists Solar Solve Marine, was a feature on their stand at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg last month.

Reliability, performance, maintenance and running costs have always been a concern for applications that require the traditional signalling sounds of hooters, buzzers, bells and sirens. Now, using the latest in SMD class…

FLIR Systems input into the commercialisation of thermal imaging has allowed marine electronics specialist Redcai S.A. to add considerable value to the service it provides by bringing FLIRs thermal imaging expertise to…

This year the Royal Institute of Navigations NAV 08 is being run in tandem with the International Loran Associations ILA 37 conference in London and will take place from 28 to 30…

Transas has just delivered onboard and vessel traffic monitoring systems to DFDS Canal Tours of Denmark

Germanys Hatlapa Marine Equipment is headquartered in Uetersen, near Hamburg, so its staff will not have to travel far to man the companys stand A1.451 at SMM 2008.