Equipment News – Page 125
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NewsGLAs complete five year AtoN review
The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of the United Kingdom and Ireland are Trinity House, the Northern Lighthouse Board and the Commissioners of Irish Lights.
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NewsMonitor your vessel’s requirements at Seawork 2010
The latest generation of Radamec DARAD monitor and alarm system has recently been fitted to Southampton based Hanson Aggregates dredger Arco Dart, replacing the aging Racal Decca system.
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NewsNavaids light first floating wind turbine
Tideland Signal has supplied Norway’s Statoil ASA with a comprehensive package of aids to navigation to warn shipping in the vicinity of its revolutionary Hywind floating wind turbine.
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NewsReady for rescue in two minutes
In the UK, the devastating floods of 2007 and recurrent extreme weather patterns have shown the need for flood rescue boats which are, as much as anything else, fast on the scene.
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NewsFirst of new series for heavy lift sector
The very first Beluga multipurpose project carrier of the latest generation proved its capabilities by transporting several large reactors during its recent maiden voyage.
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NewsRecord sales for davit manufacturer
The market would appear to be very enthusiastic about Noreq AS’s newly developed davit products if the resulting record sales are anything to go by.
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News1,000 transfer milestone from REM Mermaid
Offshore Solutions B.V. (OSBV), which invents, develops, manufactures and ensures the safe operation of advanced marine access systems, is celebrating another significant achievement in the operation of its Offshore Access System (OAS).
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NewsMultiple orders for knuckle jib cranes
Finland headquartered Cargotec will deliver two large offshore cranes to Singapore based Ezra Marine Service Pte Ltd in 2010 and beginning of 2011 respectively. The cranes will be fitted to a deepwater anchor handling towing/supply vessel (AHTS) and to a self propelled accommodation barge.
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NewsBig lift for small firm in hard times
The Steiner Shipyard in Alabama USA has acquired one of Marine Travelift’s 400C mobile boat hoists, thanks in part to a Small Shipyard Grant from the U.S. Maritime Administration. The Small Shipyard Grants program is administered by the Office of Shipyards and Marine Engineering in Washington D.C.
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NewsDesign award for OSV aft bridge workstation
K-Master, Kongsberg Maritime''s integrated aft bridge workstation has received an Award for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council (NDC), presented last month during the NDC''s annual Design Day event.
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NewsWind farm cabling gets a lift
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has arranged a 2,000 tons cable shipment for the Belwind Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea off Zeebrugge. The company’s Project Logistics team at Lysaker in Norway has just completed two shipments of heavy duty electrical cable to Belgium.
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NewsSeawork exhibitor supplies PPU to Bristol
Atlantas Marine Ltd of Somerset in the UK will be helping to improve the navigational system at Bristol Port having just supplied them with an E-Sea Fix CAT III’ Portable Pilot Unit (PPU). The company has also just announced it will be exhibiting at Seawork this year on stand D12.
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NewsLight Dues will still rise
Although the UK Government has softened its April Light Dues hike to 2%, according to Maritime UK this could still cause significant harm to UK trade.
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NewsVirtual Tangier for Morocco
Pilots from Tangier Port who have been training at South Tyneside College are so impressed with the college’s simulator system they decided to invest in similar specialist equipment just for themselves.
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NewsLifeboat ceremony interrupted by rescue
A recent ceremony recognizing lifeboat heroes was interrupted as the recipients of the Bravery Medals dropped everything to make another, on the spot emergency rescue.
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NewsEvacuation chute breakthrough for workboats
For the first time a Marine Evacuation System (MES) been developed for special purpose vessels such as offshore support craft.
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NewsSeawork meeting leads to safety in style
Has the leisure market got anything to teach the commercial side? Well, yes, apparently. It seems that there have been a number of crossovers ‘upstream’.
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NewsDeckband brings safety to workboat crew
Deckband, a Bluetooth radio communication system that enables mariners to communicate effectively in a challenging environment, was originally developed for the leisure market.
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NewsTruckloads of buoys for Sheringham Shoal
This month sees the start of the installation phase for MT Hojgaard of the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm but, as John Caskey of Hydrosphere told MJ, ‘Nothing much can happen until the site marking buoys are placed in position’.
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NewsTrials highlight evacuation problems
Until just two years ago, ‘ committee opinion’ was the main input on passenger response times in fire evacuations, explains Jenny Gyngell, a project manager for BMT Group.
