Accessories & Equipment

The Royal Institute of Navigation has launched a bimonthly podcast to broaden public interest in navigation issues. It’ s called the NavCast, and it’ s on an MP3 player near you.

NavComms distributor Icom (UK) Ltd has added a new VHF/DSC marine transceiver  to its commercial line up. The unit is so new that only its first consignment has been sold. 

The EC funded Maritime Navigation Information Services (MarNIS) project is getting ready to demonstrate its visionary concept in Genoa from 23 to 25 September and Lisbon on 15 and 16 October in…

A cadet at the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) has become the first international winner of a prestigious navigation award from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).

Geonav Marine Systems is to use the RCM3600 RabbitCore and PowerCore 3800 in their I-Compass solution for marine navigation.The company specialises in the development of marine electronics and offshore positioning systems. 

Discussion amongst the operators of small road demountable jack-up barges at the Seawork exhibition in Southampton last month has led to a movement towards a Safe Working Practices Code being established under…

The lifeboat station at Scheveningen in Holland has recently taken delivery of a brand new lifeboat, claimed to be the largest rigid inflatable lifeboat in the world.

Hampshire based Sea Scorpion Systems used Seawork 2008 to demonstrate the capabilities and benefits of its innovative new range of maritime safety and pollution control systems and had a really successful show.

Ocean Engineering (Fire) Ltd had a dramatic display of its fire-fighting fog on the Seawork quayside last month. However, the most spectacular part of the demonstration was actually the lighting of the…

' It' s a completely new design for Effer' , said Preffered Marine Cranes director Martin Cook at Seawork International 2008 in Southampton last month. He was talking about Effer' s new…

Kalmar Industries has introduced of the world’ s first straddle carrier equipped with a hybrid drive system.

Rolls-Royce has signed contracts covering delivery of safer deck operations equipment for four anchor handling vessels.

Following a recent naming ceremony of MV ' Anne-Sofie' in the port of Hamburg, the modern heavy lift vessel   started its maiden voyage towards Asia.

The Mediterranean supply chain continues to invest in the container handling capacity of its Moroccan and Spanish ports by placing more orders for Kalmar’ s all electric rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes.

The Westerlund Group has taken delivery of two new 450 ton cranes which were delivered by barge and tug from Liebherr' s Rostock factory to their destination in Antwerp, Belgium.

The London based TT Club has called for a cleaner working environment for quay crane drivers at ports, and in particular wants new measures to protect them from ship stack emissions.

Kongsberg Maritime has acquired the Utah USA based technology enterprise Global Sim, which delivers products and services in the field of crane simulation for the training of crane operators around the world.

The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) has chosen an Orion Inertial Navigation System from Teledyne TSS and supplied by ROMOR Atlantic Ltd to use when conducting surveys of the St Lawrence River shipping…

Marine equipment distributor and Seawork exhibitor Echomaster Marine is currently supplying the new Peterhead harbour workboat with equipment. The contract is with Macduff Shipyards. The Peterhead craft will be a 13m twin…

Mantsbrite Marine Electronics, the exclusive UK distributor for Koden Electronics, are exhibiting two new ranges of professional high resolution colour radars with C-Map chart overlay on Stand 158 at Seawork International 2008.