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NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Tideland Signal, the UK based aids to navigation specialisthas supplied buoys and solar powered lanterns to guide tankers into the berthsserving the new LNG terminal on the Burrup Peninsula near Karratha in…

1st October 2007

New Buoys Light Australian LNG Terminal

1st October 2007

SECURITY

SECURITY

Sentry, a fast unmanned reconnaissance and surveillancecraft developed by QinetiQ, that brings together military design requirementswith a compact waterjet propelled platform, was publicly demonstrated for thefirst time on QinetiQs stand at Defence…

1st October 2007

Unmanned 50 Knot Harbour Security Craft

1st October 2007

SECURITY

SECURITY

The French cross-channel ferry Port of Calaissaw more than 11m passengers through its facilities last year whilst freighttraffic also increased by a remarkable 11.8% to nearly 2m trucks. 

1st October 2007

Thermal Imaging for Calais Port Security

1st October 2007

SECURITY

SECURITY

Security specialist Octavian Security has beenappointed by the GBA Group to provide manned guarding services for a number ofits vehicle import terminals across the UK.

1st October 2007

Gurkhas Driving Port Vehicle Security

1st October 2007

SECURITY

SECURITY

Leicestershire UK based 3DX-Ray has produceda detailed technical brochure on its advanced portable x-ray system, TPXi-675,for bomb and threat detection in suspect packages.

1st October 2007

Bomb Threat Detection for Ports

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Hamburg based SAM Electronics has introduced a new low costIMO compliant S-VDR, the SAM 4330, which is designed for retrofitting to cargovessels of all types and sizes.

1st October 2007

SAM Plays It Again

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Two new electronic charting services developed by the UKHydrographic Office (UKHO) will be launched at Europort Maritime in Rotterdamnext month.

1st October 2007

ENC Services Launched at Europort Maritime

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Following on from the success of the GMR 18, launched tenmonths ago, Garmin has added a new radar, the GMR 24, to its marine electronicsproduct range. The new 24 unitfeatures 4kW of…

1st October 2007

Garmins Adds New Radar to Range

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Alphatron Marine and Japan Radio Co. (JRC) will be exhibitingjointly at Europort Maritime this year. 

1st October 2007

Alphatron and JRC on Show at Europort

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

As the successor to AP9 and the naturalevolution of the AP50, the New Simrad AP50+, launched this summer, providesvast improvements in auto-steering performance, functionality and flexibility.

1st October 2007

New Autopilot Provides Safer Navigation

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Marine electronics and simulation specialists Transas returnto Europort Maritime with their new improved generation of onboard systems.This includes the 4000 series of Navi-Sailor ECDIS, Navi-Radar and Navi-Conning. 

1st October 2007

Transas at Europort

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Following on from the recently launched 7 widescreenCP300, Standard Horizons new CP500 completes their 2007 chart plotterline-up. With a big 12 sunlight viewablescreen, the CP500 becomes the flagship of their range.

1st October 2007

Enhanced Features with New Chart Plotter

1st October 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

oil spill recovery technology, the LamorCorporation AB, has built some 600 advancing recovery systems for vessels. Thesystems have been tailor made to fit each vessel and comprise several differentcomponents.

1st October 2007

Modular Oil Spill Recovery System

1st October 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

When 35 million volunteers around the planet will take partin the annual United Nations backed Clean Up the World Weekend this weekend,their activities will also break into cyberspace for the first time,…

1st October 2007

Clean Up the World Weekend

1st October 2007

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Those visiting EuroportMaritime 2007 will see that Hamilton waterjets have come a long way since BillHamilton designed and built his first axial flow waterjet in New Zealand backin 1956. Since then Hamilton…

1st October 2007

Jet Propelled at Europort Maritime

1st October 2007

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The ferry crossing saves motorists a 43km round trip but thestretch of water between the Feock and the Roseland Peninsula on the River Falin Cornwall UK is only 300m wide. There has…

1st October 2007

Hydraulic Power for King Harry Ferry

1st October 2007

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

UltraDynamics, which designs and manufactures UltraJet waterjet propulsion and control systems, has introduced the new JetMasterjoystick control system. The new JetMaster Joystick is a budget priced, fully featuredcontrol system driven by a…

1st October 2007

JetMaster Extends Access to Joystick Control

1st October 2007

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The first new commercially rated 285hp Yamaha inboard dieselstern drive units, designated the ME432Sti P2, made their debut at the Seawork2007 exhibition in Southampton this summer. Yamaha Motor (UK) this brought theirtotal…

1st October 2007

Seawork Debut for Yamaha Commercial Diesel

1st October 2007

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Less than one year after signing the joint venturecontract was signed in Friedrichshafen last summer, the ZF Nanjing MarinePropulsion company in China has successfully tested its first transmission.

1st October 2007

ZF Gears Up In China

1st October 2007

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Amistad a recreation of a 19th century schooner,visited the Port of London UK last month as part ofits Atlantic Freedom Tour. A pair of Cat 3304B marine engines supported thevessel while it…

1st October 2007

Diesel Power Drives History Ship

1st October 2007