Navaids

Technostrobe, a Canadian specialist in the manufacturing of obstruction lighting systems for air navigation, has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in ITO Navaids, a Dutch company specialising in marine navigation…

Sea Traffic Management (STM), and Port of Rotterdam have established electronic exchange of arrival times between ships and the port. 300 ships in the STM Validation Project are now able to share…

Irish Lights has launched a new five-year strategy which maps out its vision for the delivery of its next generation of maritime navigational services.

AXYS Technologies has signed an eight-year framework agreement with Météo-France to supply TRIAXYS Directional Wave buoys to build a wave measurement network along the coast of France.

Trinity House has completed the modernisation of Mumbles Lighthouse in south Wales, upgrading the site’s aids to navigation and control systems to provide reliable performance for another 20 years.

Hydrosphere thinks it has the solution to the problem of marine navigation buoys wandering off station because of exposure to the elements at their location.

Danish hardware and software engineering company EIVA has introduced a new solution that offers an alternative way to ensure safe navigation rather than manual deployment of marker buoys.

Vesper Marine says its Guardian AIS solution has helped alert more than 8,000 vessels over 9 months to navigate around a dangerous shipwreck in the port of Singapore.

US company Ocean Power Technologies has signed an agreement with the British oil company Premier Oil to study the feasibility of using the PB3 Power Buoy for decommissioning operations in the North…

Spanish navaids manufacturer Almarin has reported that its navigation buoys are being installed in a growing number of markets both in Europe and further afield, proving the effectiveness of their simple reliable…

A Scottish lighthouse has been up upgraded to LED lighting in order to achieve more energy efficiency and lower maintenance costs.

Navigation lights have been installed to help night sailors on the winding channel of the UK’s Beaulieu River as part of ongoing investment in the services and facilities for mooring holders and…

Five years ago Hydrosphere sold five Mobilis JET 9000 navigation buoys to be used as temporary navigation aids during the construction of a wind farm off Scotland’s East coast. That project was…

Aanderaa Data Systems is a Norwegian company that specialises in instrumentation for measuring and monitoring environmental parameters such as weather, waves and currents.

Meritaito Ltd has installed 33 ‘smart beacons’ on the fairway maintained by the Finnish Transport Agency and the Port of Rauma, increasing safety and saving money for the port administration.

The first Sea Traffic Management (STM) compatible bridge systems, connecting ships with shore based services and actors have been installed.

According to Hydrosphere’s John Caskey, replacing navigation aids because of casualties often involves expenditure that hasn’t been budgeted for. Therefore it is no surprise that, given the choice, many harbour masters and…

Vessels will be able to safely transit a stretch of water near a nuclear power station thanks to a fast turnaround navaids project.