Monitoring & Control

The Internet of Things is online aboard merchant vessels already. Engine manufacturers, suppliers of equipment and instruments all now install sensors that monitor performance and condition. All this data can be fed…

Last year Caterpillar Marine acquired US-headquartered ESRG Technologies group, a leading company specialising in vessel monitoring and data analysis in the marine industry.

A new maritime remote sensing and engine diagnostic system, iRAMS (intelligent remote asset monitoring solution) from Seawork 2016 exhibitor AST, protects commercial vessels, CTVs and workboats by remotely monitoring the engines and…

German company Böning has developed a new range of monitoring displays that are both compact and stylish. With the display of information becoming more and more focussed on the wheelhouse of workboats…

A new Swedish company focussed on developing interceptor systems for fast boats has been chosen to supply interceptor trim systems to a pair of Swedish lifeboats. These installations follow a series of…

Indian-owned and UK-headquartered Servowatch, the marine systems integrator and automation specialist, has introduced a new trim and draught stability optimiser, ServoTrim, designed specifically to ‘balance the draught’ of SWATH (Small Waterplane Area…

US-headquartered GOST (Global Ocean Security Technologies), has announced the latest innovation in its successful line of Nav-Tracker vessel monitoring and surveillance systems – the GOST Nav-Tracker 3.0 SM.

Germany-headquartered navigation systems specialist Transas, has signed a contract with the Lerwick Port Authority, Shetland, UK to install a new Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to cover Lerwick Harbour. The new system is…

Vessel monitoring systems are becoming ever more complex and comprehensive. One of the latest new systems from Italian company Onyx shows just how far they have developed and to ensure reliability it…

Canadian marine software developer Helm Operations has announced that it now supports multiple languages within its dispatch and billing software, Helm Dispatch Manager. The move comes after a sharp increase in demand…

Swedish boat control and stabiliser manufacturer Humphree is looking to expand into new markets. Following the successful demonstration of its new stabilising system at the Cannes Boat Show, a spokesperson from the…

SeaPlanner, providers of marine monitoring and management solution, and part of SeaRoc Group have been confirmed as the proprietary software for the Gemini offshore wind farm operated by Van Oord.

Three companies have cooperated to develop a software programme that is claimed will revolutionise the operations at wind and tidal energy sites. The aim of this software is to predict whether the…

LNG as a fuel is fast becoming a hot topic due to oil prices and forthcoming regulations relating to engine emissions.

When the UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) needed accurate and reliable fuel monitoring for its latest lifeboat model, the Shannon class, PSM Marine provided an effective solution to withstand the very…

On any single vessel there could be hundreds of systems from bilges to hatches to navigation lights which all need to be controlled and monitored.

UK-based Rotork has increased its range of flow control products and services for the worldwide marine and offshore industries with the acquisition of Masso Ind s.p.a., an established Italian manufacturer of innovative…