Accessories & Equipment

Americ' s Markey Machinery has supplied of the second DEPCF-52 75hp electric hawser winch for a series of Nichols Brothers Shipyards built 6,800hp tugs. 

Following a successful eight month sea trial on its Cosmerry Lake VLCC, Cosco Dalian found that, in comparison with steel wire mooring lines, ropes made with Dyneema enabled a reduction in mooring…

Marine Travelift Inc has sold its very first self-propelled transporter onto the US market. The Marine Travelift TM 40C was purchased by Tiger Point Marina and Boat Works of Jacksonville in Florida. 

The Port of Hamburg’ s biggest container terminal operator, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), has turned to Kalmar to supply three more crane blocks with its automatic stacking crane (ASC) system…

The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA’ s) maritime emergency exercises are now regular events around the British coast. A Maritime Guidance Note (MGN) has recently been published providing feedback, including observations…

Bourbon Offshore has inaugurated its first training centre in Marseilles, which includes the first Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS) Simulator installed in France.

New ways of doing things tend to insinuate themselves into an industry’ s consciousness until one day you get out of bed and realise that everything has changed. For centuries the sextant…

The UK' s Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has implemented Phase 3 of the UK AIS network following successful Factory/Site Acceptance (FAT/SAT) testing of Kongsberg Norcontrol IT software upgrades to its C-Scope…

The Port of Mobile, Alabama in the USA has become the 14th location in the nation to install the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS), developed and operated by the National Oceanic &…

Lairdside Maritime Centre has recently re-equipped its GMDSS Suite in order to continue providing realistic operator training across a range of subject specialisations. The new equipment configuration is centred around Furuno equipment…

Radio Holland’ s presentation at the recent Europort Maritime exhibition in Rotterdam focused on complete bridge systems, with no separate standalone equipment on the company' s stand. 

Kongsberg Norcontrol IT has completed an extensive £ 1.1m upgrade to the Humber Estuary VTS in the UK. Associated British Ports (ABP) Hull & Goole commissioned the system to ensure safety of…

Louisiana USA based Blessey Marine Services, which operates an inland tank barge and towing vessel fleet in the United States, will deploy the Jeppesen Workboat Navigator information service across its fllet of…

Galileo, Europe' s answer to GPS, was due to be up and running by 2008 but political and corporate bickering has now pushed its operating date back to approximately 2014. At the…

Reliable communication plays a central part in effective ship management whether by providing essential weather information and chart updates for vessel navigation, supporting crew communication or maintaining connectivity with shore based management. 

Kongsberg Maritime opened the doors to a newtraining facility at its Bekkajordet, Horten, Norway site at the end of August.