Equipment News – Page 151
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NewsSkyjack Lowers the Boom for Maintenance
Contractors performing maintenance works on the slipped Wightlink passenger catamaran Our Lady Pamela used two knuckle boom cranes from the AFI Aerial Platforms rental fleet to ensure easy access to all parts of the vessel.
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HATLAPA Extends to the Eastern Mediterranean
HATLAPA Uetersener Maschinenfabrik has extended its activities in the eastern Mediterranean. In addition to locations in Uetersen (Germany), Poole (England), Singapore, and Shanghai, HATLAPA EastMed Ltd commenced operations at Limassol in Cyprus last month.
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NewsVersatile Crane Lifts A&P Falmouth
A £ 1m investment in a new mobile harbour crane will improve the service offered to ship owners using the UK Port of Falmouth by offering faster discharges of cargo and improved lift capacity on all berths and docksides.
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NewsBox Handling Streamlined at Muuga Container Terminal
Estonia''s main dedicated container handling facility, Muuga Container Terminal (Muuga CT) in the Port of Tallinn , has placed an order with Kalmar Industries for two all electric E-One rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and two Shuttle Carrier (r) of the fast transport one over one design.
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NewsDubai Drydocks Builds Its Own Crane
Visitors to ShipRepair & Conversion Dubai may find time to make a side excursion to Dubai Drydocks, which has built a 2,000 ton floating crane to its own account.
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NewsHeavy Lift for Light Load
After delivering its heaviest ever load last year, the 59,500 ton Thunderhorse production platform for BP , Dockwise Shipping has now transported its lightest load ever. The company''s headquarters at Breda in the Netherlands mobilised the dock ship Enterprise to transport a Zeppelin NT airship weighing only 700 kilos from ...
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NewsCrane Gain for NME
Norwegian Maritime Equipment (NME) has won a ? 500,000 order to supply ten marine cranes for five new Norwegian coast guard vessels, the first of which is scheduled for launch by the end of this year. The order was received from the Sczecin Ship Repair Yard Gryfia SA in Poland, ...
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Swell Compensator System Lifts Crane Capacity
Hytop BV has designed, produced, delivered, tested and operated two swell compensator systems which will enable Genius Vos to handle heavy loads on the open sea. Key to the system is ensuring that a crane which can take a 280 ton static lift load but is not equipped to respond ...
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TTS Buys Kocks Deck Machinery
In a continuing policy of acquiring companies which complement its current portfolio, Norway''s TTSMarine ASA has signed a final sale and purchase agreement to acquire Germany''s Kocks GmbH of Bremen.
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NewsWinch Drives Delivered to Tight Schedule
West Yorkshire UK based hydraulic motors and drive systems manufacturer Hagglunds Drives was selected by Subsea 7 to supply two drive systems plus auxiliary supplies for ROV handling on the vessel Skandi Neptune .The power units are in the familiar cabinet style of Hagglunds and suitable for on-deck operations, complete ...
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NewsExperienced Shows that Boys Will Buy Buoys at Seawork
Eason Marine took the occasion of Seawork 2005 to launch their new 3m rotationally moulded navigation buoy. The EM3000 ispacked with new features aimed at making maintenance and deployment of the buoy much safer and simpler.
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NewsRacons Contract for US Coast Guard
Tideland Signal of Houston, Texas has won a three year contract to supply SeaBeacon 2 System 6 racons to the US Coast Guard .
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Data Buoys Debut
Surrey UK based Planet Ocean has announced a new ''off the shelf'' range of data buoy platforms for environmental instrumentation in all operational conditions. Starting with the low cost 1.24m DB-124 inshore buoy and rising to the open ocean 3m DB-300 model, all in the range incorporate high specification radar ...
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NewsNewNavComms for Tsunami Relief Boat
Marine electronics equipment manufacturer Raymarine is supporting the ongoing tsunami relief work being carried out by the crew on board Vega , ahistoric 115 year old sailing vessel. The company answered a plea from Shane Granger, the captain of Vega , to replace equipment damaged while delivering aid in Malaysia.
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News'The Bridge' to Navigational Experience
Navigating ships through changing weather and sea conditions, across vast oceans or along coastlines and in crowded harbours is an exciting job for professionals.
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Alphatron Marine Bridges Technology Gap for Jamaican Coastguard
Alphatron Marine of Rotterdam has delivered the first Alphabridge INS bridge to the Jamaican Coastguard vessel Cornwall , which is currently under build at Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands.
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NewsVirtual Navigation for German Water Police
Belgium based Barco , in cooperation with ELNA ElektroNavigation und Industrie and a third company named in-innovative navigation , has won a 1m contract to supply a new radar simulation training system to Wasserschutzpolizei-Schule (WSPS), the German Water Police Academy in Hamburg.
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NewsType Approval for Next Generation ECDIS
The Navmaster ECDIS developed by PC Maritime has been awarded type approval by DNV , certifying that it complies with IMO A817(19) and the latest edition of all associated specifications.
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NewsPort Monitoring Roll-out Continues
Of particular interest to many visitors to the Transas Marine UK stand at Seawork 2005 was the company''s recent installation of a port monitoring system at Portland Harbour inDorset UK.
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Irish Eyes on Lifeboat Training
The new National Maritime College of Ireland has begun training the country''s next generation of seafarers using a complete range of lifeboats manufactured by Survival Craft Inspectorate Ltd of Aberdeen.
