Security

Following a successful launch into the marine market at Seawork 2009, CDA Solutions Ltd  has been successful in winning a major contract in Scotlandin the form of  a large integrated  CCTV and…

Hampshire UK based Sonardyne International Ltd has won a contract worth in excess of € 1.5m with an EU research consortium for the supply of multiple Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonars (IDS).

Hampshire UK based Sonardyne International Ltd has completed a programme of trials that has resulted in several new specification changes to its Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) system.

Underwater acoustic equipment supplier Reson has successfully demonstrated contraband and diver detection systems in UK ports.

Operation Ocean Shield, NATO’ s contribution to international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa, commenced last month after the North Atlantic Council (NAC) approved the mission.

Busy ports create many issues for the authorities, and differences in opinion can often end up in court, writes Jukka Riivari, CEO of Finland based Mirasys, which develops and supplies software that…

Visitors to previous Seawork exhibitions have occasionally missed announcements of upcoming events and demonstrations, especially out on the quayside or on the floating pontoon, where winds and/or the sheer vastness of space…

The Slovenian Navy has taken delivery of a Sonardyne Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) for the underwater protection of key installations in the northern Adriatic Sea.

The Abu Dhabi Police Force has become the first to buy Microdive scuba systems from Mini B Ltd, for use during operational policing.

Moscow Mills Manufacturing and Foster-Miller Inc of Massachusetts USA have announced a new non-lethal system for stopping small boats such as those used by pirates, drug traffickers and terrorists. The companies are…

The US Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC) in Rhode Island has placed a contract with Sonardyne Inc for the supply of an additional Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar system.

Preventing unauthorised access to secure sites is a vital requirement for many industries, including at maritime locations such as boatyards and cargo storage areas in ports.

Dorset Police and Poole Harbour Watch in the UK are working together to make the county’ s marine community even safer as the dark winter nights draw in.

A novel application of Cambridge Consultants’ holographic radar technology to the ' MV Powerful' and the ' Sirius Star' could have enabled their crews to take early defensive action against the pirates…

From French luxury yachts to freighters, it seems that no vessel is immune from the scourge of modern day piracy attacks, writes Stuart Flynn of Securewest International.

The requirement for rapidly deployable and portable x-ray systems that can be used in public places such ports, airports, railways and underground stations has grown substantially in the last year.

Securewest International, which has specialised in maritimesecurity for more than 20 years, has received official approval of its securitytraining operations from both the UKs Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) and theclassification society Det…

Norwegian marine monitor and computer specialist Hatteland Display has signed a long term agreement valued at some € 500,000 annually to provide its recently upgraded Series 1 Maritime Multi Display (MMD) for…