Equipment News – Page 143
-
NewsNorth Sea Winches Clinches Holyhead Double
Scarborough UK based North Sea Winches continues its provision of specialist equipment for the commercial marine sector with identical packages of deck machinery for two newbuild 35m tugs for Holyhead Towing.
-
NewsVersatile Spreader Reaches a 'Century'
Clipper Elite Carriers (CEC) has ordered a Modulift Spreader System for permanent use on the 9,000dwt multipurpose container/heavy lift vessel ''CEC Century''.
-
News
Markey Makes Its Plimsoll Mark
Professional Mariner magazine in the USA presented Markey Machinery Company with the 2006 Plimsoll Award for Innovation, during a ceremony held as part of the Connecticut Maritime Association''s Shipping 2007 conference.
-
NewsHooked On for the Future
Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has completely re-engineered its range of on-load release hooks.
-
NewsLightweight Rope Lifts Pipelay Production
Allseas Group S.A., a Swiss offshore pipe laying company, has collaborated with DSM Dyneema to improve the safety and speed of underwater pipe laying using next generation rope technology.
-
NewsGerman Ports Embrace Straddle Carriers
Kalmar Industries'' seventh generation ESC series has reaffirmed its position as the straddle carrier of choice for German ports with new orders for a combined 27 units received from the country''s leading terminal operators.
-
News
Winch Control Package for 'Floating Port'
Siemens announced the award of a contract earlier this month from Oceaneering Advanced Technologies to provide an electric winch motor control system and an energy storage system for a crane designed to move large containers on US Navy ships at sea.
-
NewsAIS Enabled Buoy Launched in Oz
A truly ''smart'' Sealite buoy was launched last month by Toll Westernport in Westernport Bay, Australia.
-
NewsAuto-Dimming Range Lights for Esbjerg
A range light system supplied by Tideland Signal Limited to the Danish Lighthouse Authority (Farvandsvaesenet) for the port of Esbjerg is equipped with a range of auto-dimming facilities to provide appropriate light levels for all conditions from bright sunlight to fog and dark nights.
-
News'Video Wall' VTS for Port of Antwerp
Two Belgian companies, Barco, which designs and develops visualisation products, and technical installations specialists Fabricom GTI, are installing a high performance VTS system, including new radars, for the Port of Antwerp.
-
News
Dredgers Scoop Savings on Satellite Use
Belgium based contractors Dredging International is using new software to cut the cost of transferring business critical data over satellite between its ships dispersed worldwide and its onshore offices.
-
NewsCar Carrier Captains Drive Digital NavComms
Wallenius Marine AB in Stockholm have placed a landmark order through Admiralty Distributor Nautic Center AB for over thirty complete sets of the recently launched Admiralty Digital Publications (ADP) portfolio developed by the UK Hydrographic Office.
-
NewsPocket Navtex Links to Any PC
Bristol UK based Marine Electronic Services has introduced the new Wetterbox WIB2 Navtex Black Box Receiver, a cigarette packet sized unit which incorporates an internal Navtex receiver and PC interface.
-
News'Future of Marine Navigation' Demonstrated
Specially adapted Kongsberg Norcontrol IT C-Scope software formed the platform for an in depth MarNIS (Maritime Navigation and Information Services) demonstration, held at the MCA''s Highcliffe Training Centre on 13 & 14th Feb 2007.
-
NewsNew Unit Controls Generator Exhaust Discharge and is Kind to Environment
The problem of generator exhaust discharge has been addressed by a new system from America''s Centek Industries which filters the exhaust to discharge environmentally friendly water. After exhaustive testing by a Lloyd''s Register senior surveyor, Gen-Kleen has recently received the LT Type Approval Certificate.
-
News'System in a Box' Monitoring Solution
Energy Solutions, based in Rochester, Kent UK, have developed System in a Box a new product designed primarily for boats under 40ft and incorporating one of the biggest selling products from the core Victron product line alongside their own exclusively designed and manufactured components.
-
NewsSwedes Satisfy Rescue Needs of Offshore Wind Power Industry
The consent given last month by the British Government for the world''s largest wind farm to be built in the Thames Estuary further validates the arrival of the offshore wind power industry as a valuable contributor to the battle against global warming and for the security of energy supplies.
-
News
New Year's Higher Resolution for RNLI
The three year SAR simulator at the RNLI''s Lifeboat College in Poole UK has been upgraded in a project designed and integrated by Antycip SAS, using 11 F2 SX+ DLP projectors supplied by Norway''s projectiondesign.
-
News
Marine Propulsion Training from HME
This training offers the global marine industry an opportunity to gain knowledge of matching ship propulsion components and systems. Based on market developments, a separate module on the characteristics of electrical drives has been added. This international training enables marine professionals to understand more about the specific characteristics of ships ...
-
NewsPortable Safety at a Pocketable Price
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 over a 121.5 MHz device have long been recognised. These include faster, more accurate detection, personal identification of ...
