Accessories & Equipment

Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Hardinghas completely re-engineered its range of on-load release hooks.

BMT Cordah Ltd, asubsidiary of BMT Ltd, has become the first UK private sector company to offera Maritime Search Planning (SP) training course to advise the industry andpublic funded SAR organisations on…

AllseasGroup S.A., a Swiss offshore pipe laying company, has collaborated with DSM Dyneemato improve the safety and speed of underwater pipe laying using next generationrope technology.

NorsafeAS Lifeboat has claimed the record for lifeboat freefall drops with its GES 50Lifeboat.

KalmarIndustries seventh generation ESC series has reaffirmed its position as thestraddle carrier of choice for German ports with new orders for a combined 27units received from the countrys leading terminal operators.

The Patrol Team at Chichester Harbour UK have just completed a week ofrigorous training.

An international trainingcourse on Sound and Vibration on Board takes place in Delft,the Netherlandson 5 and 6 June 2007.

UK marine data supplier SeaZone Solutions Ltd hasannounced the completion of the first pilot area as part of its ongoingCoastline Mapping Improvement Programme (CMIP), which it claims will revolutioniseour understanding of the…

Two Belgian companies, Barco, which designs and develops visualisationproducts, and technical installations specialists Fabricom GTI, are installinga high performance VTS system, including new radars, for the Port of Antwerp.

Wallenius Marine AB in Stockholm have placeda landmark order through Admiralty Distributor Nautic Center AB for over thirtycomplete sets of the recently launched Admiralty Digital Publications (ADP)portfolio developed by the UK Hydrographic…

Bristol UKbased Marine Electronic Services has introduced the new Wetterbox WIB2 NavtexBlack Box Receiver, a cigarette packet sized unit which incorporates aninternal Navtex receiver and PC interface.

Specially adapted Kongsberg Norcontrol ITC-Scope software formed the platform for an in depth MarNIS (MaritimeNavigation and Information Services) demonstration, held at the MCAsHighcliffe Training Centre on 13 & 14th Feb 2007.

International private equity and funds manager 3i has agreed to buy Dutch marine heavy lift operators Dockwise Transport BV from Dutch offshore services company Heerema Group and Norwegian maritime group Wilh. Wilhelmsen…

German winch manufacturer and deck equipment supplier HATLAPA enters the New Year with 30 large anchor handling and towing winches filling the order book. The largest of these is a 500 ton…

DSM Dyneema is spearheading the latest innovations in mooring and tugging lines with the use of ultra-strong Dyneema fibre. Through research and development and close collaboration with rope manufacturers and end users,…

Southampton UK based specialist project managers and marine engineers Osprey Shipping have been employed by crane manufacturer Stothert & Pitt, part of the international Clarke Chapman group, to supply a turnkey solution…

The first vessel in over a decade to collectscrap metal from the UK Port of Wisbech has been loaded in an operation madepossible by upgraded handling facilities. The cargo ship Brandaris sailed…

The consent given last month by the British Government for the worlds largest wind farm to be built in the Thames Estuary further validates the arrival of the offshore wind power industry…