Equipment News – Page 134
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NewsLemans goes the distance at SMM
Lemans Nederland BV is joining the Dutch Pavilion sponsored by Holland Marine Equipment HME at the SMM 2008 in Hamburg.
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High-tech lightweight lines gain favour
Samson Rope Technologies have just fitted out a fleet of 11 tankers, each of 76,600 DWT, with synthetic mooring line, leading to increases in safety, savings and handling speed for BW Shipping Managers Pte.
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NewsNavigation training for HRH Prince William
His Royal Highness Prince William, heir to the British throne, started a short attachment with the Royal Navy in June and following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather underwent training at the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) at Dartmouth.
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NewsSkills tide rising at Brightlingsea Harbour
A learning centre has won a regional learndirect Achievement Award for its work with employees at Brightlingsea Harbour.
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NewsNo margin for safety
A potentially life threatening gap in legislation has been highlighted by distress signals company Chemring Marine, the parent company of the Pains Wessex and Comet brands. A spokesman has pointed out that in some countries, signals in annually serviced life rafts can legitimately be up to 17 months out of ...
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NewsSAR simulator for high speed vessels
The Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue (NSSR) has signed a contract with Kongsberg Maritime for the delivery of a high speed vessel simulator, to be installed at its new sea rescue school in Stavern, Norway.
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NewsDistance learning for Tangier Med pilots
The Marine College at South Tyneside College in the UK has won an ongoing contract to train Moroccan pilots to navigate the new Tangier Med Port.
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NewsHeads up in fast water
A new large-size buoy with a twin keel hull design that has already won orders across the world, has recently found a special niche in waters closer to home.
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NewsFlair in the air and Seawork award
Ocean Safety won the Safety & Sea Survival category in the Spirit of Innovation Awards at Seawork 2008 with an ingenious waistcoat style lifejacket.
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NewsNew Lifejacket Moves Safety Standards Forward
A new lifejacket has been launched by International Safety Products Ltd (ISP) of Merseyside UK to meet the needs of the Spanish fishing industry. Developed in conjunction with Aeromarine, the distributor of ISP products in Spain, the lifejacket has been designed to comply with new regulations requiring Spanish fishing crew ...
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NewsLifeboats Delivery Surge in Norway
Norwegian marine equipment manufacturer Noreq AS has built and delivered 19 lifeboats to Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for use on their semi-submersible crane vessels ''Thialf'' and ''Hermod''.
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NewsTransas Scoops SASMEX Training Award
Transas won the Training Category Award at a ceremony which was part of the revived Safety at Sea and Marine Equipment exhibition (SASMEX) in Brighton UK. The SAMEX Award was presented for the first ever distance simulation based training of oil spill and rescue response operations based in the Baltic ...
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Screened Testing Ends EPIRB False Alarms
With SOLAS amendments dictating that EPIRBs must undergo shore based maintenance at least every five years, the onus is on service companies and organisations to ensure that they have the correct equipment to undertake these service regimes.
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NewsSea Cadet's Double Diploma Distinction
A 17 year old from Sea Cadet and pupil at Nonsuch High School for Girls in Sutton UK was presented with two BTEC First Diplomas by local Member of Parliament, Siobhain McDonagh.
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Marine Firefighting for Turkey and Egypt
A new marine fire fighting system designed by Anglesey based company Marinex, has won a five figure deal to supply high speed military patrol boats in Turkey.
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RINA Invests in Crew Training
International classification society RINA has invested in crew training in a bid to help owners overcome the major challenge of manning their growing fleets.
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News'Plug & play' deck workshops at Seawork
' Mobile workshops can be almost used on a plug and play basis on workboat decks said Simon Coote, general manager of Seawork exhibitor Richards Drydock & Engineering Ltd, which was showing some of the customised boxes on the Seawork quayside last month.
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Big Cranes for Bugsier Tugs
The deep sea azimuth tractor tugs Bugsier 2 and Bugsier 3, delivered this year by the Dutch Shipyard K. Damen for German operator Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft GmbH, feature foldable knuckle boom cranes supplied by Van der Velden Industrial, the Palfinger Marine/Crane Power representative in their country.
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News'Voyager II' monitors wind farm sediment transport
Sediment transport at the seabed presents a range of risks to offshore activities. Scour can destabilise structures and uncover pipelines and cables. Sandbanks and channels move and present potential navigational hazards, and contaminated sediments from hydrocarbon exploration can be dispersed with potentially harmful consequences for the marine ecosystem.
