Navaids

A UK lighthouse has been saved for the nation after being handed over to English Heritage by previous owners Trinity House.

At the beginning of 2009, Seawork 2010 exhibitor Sealite undertook a research and development program into the next generation of long range LED lanterns. This year sees the culmination of these efforts…

Lancashire based painting and decorating contractor T Harrison Limited has recently completed work on the refurbishment of two historic ‘bell-boat’ buoys that once marked the safe approach to Preston Docks.

The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of the United Kingdom and Ireland are Trinity House, the Northern Lighthouse Board and the Commissioners of Irish Lights.

Tideland Signal has supplied Norway’s Statoil ASA with a comprehensive package of aids to navigation to warn shipping in the vicinity of its revolutionary Hywind floating wind turbine.

Although the UK Government has softened its April Light Dues hike to 2%, according to Maritime UK this could still cause significant harm to UK trade.

This month sees the start of the installation phase for MT Hojgaard of the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm but, as John Caskey of Hydrosphere told MJ, ‘Nothing much can happen until…

The UK Government has launched a fresh review of the Light Dues charging regime which will attempt to deal with how navigational aids are funded and managed. They have drafted in the…

Raymarine has just introduced its new line of E-Series Widescreen Multifunction Displays (MFD) with HybridTouch to the US market. The HybridTouch user interface gives operators the simplicity and ease of touch screen…

A new IMO Trust Fund has been launched to help improve navigational safety in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. To kickstart the fund Greece, a key user of the Straits, have…