Monitoring & Control

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…

Sonardyne International Ltd has completed the latest stage of a programme to upgrade a unique monitoring system that it installed aboard nuclear fuel transport ships over 20 years ago.