Security – Page 12
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NewsUS Navy extends swimmer detection security system
Sonardyne International has sold and delivered additional Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar Systems for the US Navy. They will be used for the Integrated Swimmer Detection Program managed by the Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport RI.
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NewsMajor port security upgrade at Invergordon
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 Access Control System for Cromarty Firth Port Authority’ s impressive facility at Invergordon.
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NewsStudents play pirates at Lymington
The Poole UK based Merchant Maritime Warfare Centre, non-profit counter-piracy organisation, held a successful first Surveillance and Training Officer (STO) course last month.
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NewsEuropean Union buys into intruder detection sonar
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).
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NewsExtended range for underwater threat detection
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.
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NewsDiver detection success in UK port trials
Underwater acoustic equipment supplier Reson has successfully demonstrated contraband and diver detection systems in UK ports.
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NewsRegional assistance key to new NATO piracy strategy
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.
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NewsUnderwater surveillance brought to life
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 helps organisations manage the information captured by digital video and CCTV cameras.
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Quantum leaps into marine security at Seawork
CCTV and access control system manufacturer CDA Solutions Ltd will be launching its innovative PC based security and surveillance systems into the commercial marine sector on Stand 89 at Seawork 2009 courtesy of a new marketing deal with Quantum Marine Marketing Ltd.
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NewsMega-Voice loud and clear at Seawork
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 would dilute and dissipate the effective transmission of sound.
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NewsSlovenian Navy finds Sentinel fault free
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.
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NewsPolice force chooses Microdive scuba systems
The Abu Dhabi Police Force has become the first to buy Microdive scuba systems from Mini B Ltd, for use during operational policing.
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News'Boat Trap' a net loss for pirates
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 working in conjunction with the Pentagon' s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate program in Quantico, Va. and the U.S. ...
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NewsUnderwater surveillance sonar boosts port security
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.
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NewsStepping lightly through conflicting demands
Concerns over ports'' energy outputs are rising. It isn''t just the price that is giving port authorities pause for thought, there are two other sets of clashing public and political demands. One of them is improved security and the other is for greener practices. They are not the most natural ...
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NewsLock-outs to lock-ups for ports
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.
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NewsSecurity Dorset
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.
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NewsHolographic radar spots approaching pirates
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 that attacked them last month.
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NewsWave goodbye to marine diesel crime wave
These days of rising fuel costs have inspired a new breed of thief, marine diesel siphoners. Midnight transfers of fuel from both leisure and commercial craft are rising in tandem with the cost of energy.
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NewsEffective security for workboats
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.
