Equipment News – Page 127
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Newse-Navigator offers shipping a new direction
The International Maritime Organisation’ s definition of e-navigation equates to the harmonised collection, integration, exchange, presentation and analysis of maritime information onboard and ashore by electronic means to enhance berth to berth navigation and related services, for safety at sea and protection of the marine environment.
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NewsHybridTouch aids workboat navigation
Raymarine has just introduced its new line of E-Series Widescreen Multifunction Displays (MFD) with HybridTouch to the US market. The HybridTouch user interface gives operators the simplicity and ease of touch screen operation, and also the confidence of complete keypad control in rough seas or inclement weather.
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NewsNew fund to improve navigational safety in Straits
A new IMO Trust Fund has been launched to help improve navigational safety in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. To kickstart the fund Greece, a key user of the Straits, have contributed an initial $1m.
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NewsAMI launches BNWAS at Europort
AMI Marine (UK) Ltd launched its new Bridge Navigation Watch Alarm System (BNWAS) at Europort 2009 this month and has reported significant interest in the product.
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NewsLanterns replace rotating beacon in Irish lighthouse
The Commissioners of Irish Lights have chosen two MaxLED-600 lanterns from Tideland Signal to replace a PRB rotating beacon with incandescent lamps in its Straw Island lighthouse because of the MaxLED' s compact, low consumption design, which makes it ideally suited to the limited solar power supply available given the ...
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NewsCalling home helps crews stay happy
A new card calling service that gives affordable communication between ship crew members and their families has just been launched.
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NewsGPS synchronises upgraded navaids
Tideland Signal has supplied a package of navigational warning systems for the Ekofisk complex in the North Sea to replace redundant older systems and to interface with earlier Tideland equipment which has been in service for some 25 years.
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NewsLong ride for world's biggest buoy
Beluga Shipping’ s transport ship MV Beluga Formation has transported the world’ s largest buoy from Indonesia to the Gulf of Mexico.
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NewsSolar marine lantern survives 'extreme testing'
The first solar powered marine lantern with a built in ‘ intelligent deployment’ feature aims to make life easy. Because it automatically tunes itself to its location, it protects itself against improper configuration (while also adjusting for a Schmidt-Clausen effect).
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NewsSAM goes Platinum in Rotterdam
Hamburg based SAM Electronics introduced a range of new generation vessel control systems at the Europort exhibition in Rotterdam earlier this month.
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NewsHarbourWatch keeps an eye on the tugs
A newly developed GSM based ship to shore monitoring and alarm system from Essex UK based P& S Automation Ltd is intended for use on board tugs and other workboats.
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NewsPartnering for powerful condition monitoring system
Intelligent predictive maintenance solutions supplier Artesis has recently partnered with marine specialists James Fisher Mimic to integrate its Motor Condition Monitor (MCM) solution with the marine company’ s Mimic condition monitoring system.
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NewsMaritime school charts course for ECDIS training
Norway’ s Jeppesen Marine is contributing to the training of the next generation of seafarers in electronic navigational charts and ECDIS by supplying systems and data to a leading maritime training institution, Bergen Maritime Technical School.
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NewsMagnetic rope testing guidance published
There are a plethora of wire ropes used on offshore construction vessels. The wires can be very long (several kilometres) and quite inaccessible. They are performing in a harsh environment in terms of being underwater or in corrosive weathers and atmospheres. They often have dynamic and widely fluctuating loading. Yet ...
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NewsCleaner hydraulics work more effectively
The quality of the hydraulic oil used in marine cranes, hoists and winches is rarely monitored effectively, with occasional oil changes being seen as the easiest, but not necessarily cheapest, solution, says the Hydraulic Filter Division of motion and control technology specialists Parker Hannifin.
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NewsMaltese cranes take it on truss
In order to expand capacity, Malta Freeport has needed to undertake some heavy lifting. On this occasion it is what not about lifting containers but rather, the container cranes themselves.
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NewsNew branding on Europort stand
Radio Holland Netherlands and Imtech Marine & Offshore will present themselves under the Imtech Marine Group brand at Europort 2009. The Imtech Marine Group stand is on the same location where Radio Holland Netherlands was located for many years, booth number 1.121 in Hall 1.
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NewsEU's MarNIS model delivered for Singapore
Kongsberg Norcontrol IT' s C-Scope Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) system has been selected by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).
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NewsBest EFFORTS have been rewarded
The research and development programme EFFORTS, an acronym for the title EFFective Operations in poRTS, is supported by the European Commission with € 8m.
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NewsRange of wind turbine installation cranes launched
Aimed mainly at jack-up vessels, a customised range of wind turbine installation cranes has recently been designed for the wind farm market by Dutch company Huisman Equipment BV.
