Monitoring & Control

2005 sees Essex UK-based Bond Instrumentation and Process Control enter into its 30th year of trading on a high after a busy end to 2004.

From this month, noise testing has become necessary as the amended EU Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) has come into force. For the first time, upper limits for boat noise are specified. Compliance…

The double ended ferry Dokter Wagemaker has been built by the Damen Group in Romania and was delivered last month for finishing to their Schelde yard at Vlissingen in the Netherlands. The…

As fuel is the single largest cost of marine diesel ownership, accurate metering is critical.

Working closely with Volvo Penta , Simrad has developed intelligent auto steering via CAN for the new Inboard Propulsion System (IPS) introduced earlier this month at the London Boat Show . The…

Newbury UK based Radamec Control Systems Ltd (RCS) is presently trialling BridgeMaster , its new digital bridge control package, with the RNLI . The system was introduced to the market at seawork2004…

Controls specialist AMOT has introduced a new programmable logic controller which combines the power of a PLC with the ease of use of an embedded controller. The TomaHawk 8635A brings users a…

The AMOT MPD metal detector signals the presence of metal particles, chips or dust in lubricating fluids due to bearing wear or other engine part problems and thereby prevents catastrophic failures, avoids…

Redhill UK based oil in water monitor specialist manufacturers Rivertrace Engineering will be launching the new Rivertrace Smart Cell bilge alarm at SMM 2004 in Hamburg this month. Smart Cell will meet…