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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The current 121.5/243MHz analogue COSPAS SARSAT service will cease in February 2009 and only the 406 MHz digital beacon signals will be processed thereafter. The major benefits of a 406 MHz device…

1st January 2007

Portable Safety at a Pocketable Price

1st January 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Transas has supplied a large scale simulator for the Ship Simulator Centre at the Chalmers University of Technology at Gothenburg in Sweden. The Chalmers Ship Simulator Centres mission is to develop and…

1st January 2007

Chalmers Simulator Emulates Any Vessel

1st January 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The ACR S-VDR Float Free Memory Capsule, a floating and satellite detectable version of the black box, is now approved and available for sale in North America. Manufacturer ACR Electronics, based in…

1st January 2007

New Technology Records Ships Data in Float Free Memory Capsule

1st January 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The ship, owned locally, was 9.5m wide and of 2,000 dwt. It was the biggest vessel ever handled out of the water by Kötter. Tackling it was made possible by the leasing…

1st January 2007

Kötter-Werft Tackles Biggest Ever Dry Land Overhaul

1st January 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Pioneer Sailing Trust was established in1999 with the purpose of restoring back to sailing condition the last remainingfirst class Essex skillinger smack, named Pioneer. The 70 long smack,originally built in 1864,…

1st January 2007

Restored Smack Back with Twin Props

1st January 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

German Rhine conversion shipyards have demonstrated some acumen by attracting one complex job from local owners and snapping another away from rivals in France.

1st January 2007

Rhine Yards Attract Unusual Conversions

1st January 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

One of the four 40 ton swing-up Azimuth thrusters of an offshore crane barge servicing rigs off Gabon had malfunctioned and needed to be removed from the barge for repairs. Thrusters are…

1st January 2007

Mobile Mobdock Makes Rapid Thruster Repair Possible

1st January 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The principal of Piraeus based salvage operators Tsavliris has called on liability and property insurers as well as governments to adopt the concept of liability salvage, in which salvors are remunerated for…

1st January 2007

Prevention is the Cure as Tsavliris Calls for Liability Salvage

1st January 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On the 1st of January the Dutch transport contractors Van der Wees Watertransporten BV, well known for their extensive fleet of tugs and barges, celebrated 100 years of service to the marine…

1st January 2007

Van der Wees Celebrate Centenary of Service

1st January 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

It was a busy second half of 2006 forSvitzerWijsmuller Salvage BV, with operations in November alone including assistance for a standby/safety vessel following a collision to miles northwest of Terschelling and assistance…

1st January 2007

Busy Salvors See Out 2006

1st January 2007