Monitoring & Control

Global maritime software house, NAPA, has launched an innovative data-led package of monitoring, analytic and predictive solutions to increase the safety of passenger vessels and save lives in emergency situations.

The new ‘Wind Server’ Wind Turbine Service Jack-Up Vessel was delivered to owner DBB Jack-Up Services in December 2014, with a full complement of Kongsberg Maritime control and automation technology on board.

UK-headquartered Cathelco has won a succession of orders from Chinese shipyards for their hull corrosion protection and seawater pipework anti-fouling systems. The largest order has come from New Times Shipbuilding where a…

A new GSM module developed for Rock Seven’s RockFLEET vessel tracking system introduces least cost routing functionality via terrestrial networks, giving users the opportunity to transmit position data via Iridium globally and…

UK-based Servowatch Systems’ chief executive officer Wayne Ross has praised the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) for winning last month’s prestigious KNVTS Ship of the Year Award for its revolutionary new…

The foot controls in UK company Steute’s ‘GF(S)I Extreme’ series are designed to be very robust and to withstand high levels of mechanical wear and tear. An optional protective guard hinders unintentional…

Rolls-Royce has predicted that ‘Ship Intelligence’ will be the next major transition for the shipping industry as vessels are set to become more complex and will require high levels of data analysis…

Offshore Systems, a UK-based manufacturer of NMEA2000 based marine electronics products, has added a new range of pressure sensors to its range of integrated alarm, display and control systems.

Seaway Powell Marine, a British engineering company specialising in the design and manufacture of marine hydraulic systems, has announced the full-line upgrade of their widely-applied electric cylinder.

The Ride Control System (RCS) from UK company Naiad Dynamics combines a device similar to a trim tab, called an Interceptor at the transom and a T-Foil mounted forward. The company believes…

The Swedish manufacturer of Interceptor Trim Tabs, Humphree, has introduced a new system for vessel motion monitoring. The system provides monitoring of real time impact forces, vessel heave motions and sea sickness…

Dutch company Dynamic Marine Systems has introduced a unique stabilising system that could have considerable application in the workboat sector. Developed after intensive engineering and test phases and working in collaboration with…

Norwegian subsea technology developer Kongsberg Maritime, has launched a unique solution for the detection of scouring, corrosion, deformation and marine growth, which can destabilise wind turbines and underwater structures causing expensive, and…

Offshore Systems UK Ltd has launched a new dual engine display featuring a high brightness panoramic format screen that displays full detailed information from two engines plus other sensors on a single…

A new graphical interface is among the improvements to the Clarinux diesel engine monitoring software which will feature on French company, CMR Groups stand at SMM 2014.

Japan’s ClassNK have announced the acquisition of Canadian maritime software company Helm Operations. Since 1999 Helm Operations (formerly Edoc Systems Group) has been developing operations software for the tug and barge and…

Actisense, the marine electronics brand from Active Research Limited, based in Poole, UK, have upgraded their popular award-winning engine monitoring unit (EMU-1) with new firmware which now allows dual engines to be…