Monitoring & Control

A new bathymetric survey of the Corsican coastline has been commissioned to provide detailed information about ongoing coastal erosion on the Mediterranean island as well as to assess the impact of manmade…

A new emissions monitoring system being developed by a systems engineering firm in Virginia USA will allow vessels worldwide to continuously monitor pollutants and readily report findings to regulatory agencies and inspectors.

A newly developed GSM based ship to shore monitoring and alarm system from Essex UK based P& S Automation Ltd is intended for use on board tugs and other workboats.

Intelligent predictive maintenance solutions supplier Artesis has recently partnered with marine specialists James Fisher Mimic to integrate its Motor Condition Monitor (MCM) solution with the marine company’ s Mimic condition monitoring system.

Thermal imaging technology means that   Sweden’ s navy and coastguard service can now detect and read at distance, the name of a ship in total darkness, making the checking of potential…

Kongsberg Maritime has completed an extensive midlife upgrade of Allsea' s Solitaire, which at an overall length of 300m is the largest pipe laying vessel in the world.

A screen to put your ship' s systems under finger-tip monitoring and control has been launched onto the market.

Using simple SMS text messaging via a mobile phone, Mastervolt’ s new GPRS module not only allows owners to remotely control the operation of all the electrical appliances aboard their boat, such…

A new, user friendly marine-information ' cruncher' has just been launched onto the market, promising to make the tidal wave of data that maritime organisations are now expected to manage much simpler.

AMOT EB has released new electric actuators for G series temperature control valves which introduce a range of enhancements to improve system robustness, safety and compatibility, whilst simplifying installation and calibration.

A new application which shows details of UK marine monitoring programmes is available to browse at www.ukdmos.org. The United Kingdom Directory of Marine Observing Systems is a searchable database of marine monitoring…

Workboat operators considering newbuilds or refits will be interested in the new Kinetik propulsion control system which has been launched by Surrey UK based RCS.

A hot topic around ports these days is the vulnerability of ships alongside to a total loss of the alarm system fed by DC power if, for example, a worker from shore…

With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on New Orleans at the time of writing, it will be interesting to follow the fate and judge the performance of the first of four new hurricane…

Netherlocks Safety Systems BV, the Dutch industrial safety specialist, has designed a new universal mounting system to safely and securely fix valve position indicator switches onto handwheel operated valves.

German couplings and dampers for marine diesels manufacturer Geislinger celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with the launch of a new Power Monitoring System at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg.

Hampshire UK based Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has recently supplied the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) with a data collection system for background monitoring at Skomer Marine Nature Reserve.

The Bourbon Mistral platform supply vessel was the first to Ulstein' s X-Bow design and won the Ship of the Year Award at the SMM 2006. The Mistral has been on duty…

A Motion Forecasting and Monitoring System with implications for marine coastal construction has been awarded the prestigious 2007 RINA (Royal Institution of Naval Architects) and LRET (Lloyd’ s Register Educational Trust) Ship…

Any vessel that might sail into waters governed by the USA and its territories is required to meet new US Coast Guard Marine Casualties and Investigation Regulations which have recently been amended…