Equipment News – Page 152
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Money for New Rope at Seawork
Seawork regulars MarineCo Ltd had an unexpected but welcome experience at Seawork 2005. As the company''s Chris Dinham explained, ''A group of fishermen came onto the stand and, after the usual negotiation, handed me £ 750 in cash for rope to be delivered the following week. It''s very unusual to ...
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CCTV Security Solution for RNLI
A security system for the new £ 11m Lifeboat Crew Training College at the RNLI headquarters in Poole UK was planned and built fromthe outset, with local security specialists Meggitt Marsh Guardian Systems acting first as security consultants specifying requirementsthen acting as installer having won installation and maintenance contract in ...
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Reliable Monitoring of Onboard Gases
Sheffield UK based International Mining and Marine Limited (IM& M) has further extended its range of specialised safety services for the shipping industry with the addition of the Draeger X-am 3000 and X-am 7000 gas detection systems.
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Study Focus on Fast Rescue Boats Recovery
Bristol based Dag Pike Associate s (DPA) has completed a study for the Health and Safety Executive in the UK designed to improve the performance of the Fast Rescue Boats (FRCs) used on stand-by and multi-role vessels used in the North Sea offshore oil operations. The study looked at both ...
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NewsCrane's Claim to Fame at Seawork Exhibition
One of the lifting equipment highlights of Seawork 2005 , on display in the Innovations Showcase and also represented on the Wave Seven Marine stand, was the new marina lifting crane manufactured by Vermeer-Holland .
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NewsZhen and the Art of Crane Delivery
With Berth 1 of the Eurogate Container Terminal nearing completion after 18 months of modernisation works, five giant container cranes arrived in the Port of Hamburg last month following an eight week voyage by sea from Shanghai.
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News'Epor' Spells End of Hull Damage
A new system for mooring boats without risking the unsightly and expensive scuffing of hulls has been invented by Richard Meredith of Silverpin Ltd who, describing his invention as ''the opposite of a rope'', has chosen to call it Epor .
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NewsHigh Pressure Monitoring
Denmark based pressure and temperature product specialist Danfoss A/S haslaunched a new range of high pressure switches, supplementing the established pressure switch family MBC 5100 .
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NewsPocket Wind Speed Monitor is Useful on the Water
Mariners who might benefit from knowing the exact wind speed will enjoy an ultra-sensitive, ultrasonic handheld meter from Davis Instruments of California USA. Available on this side of the Atlantic from Davis Marine Europe at Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands, the WindScribe accurately measures wind speeds from zero metres per second ...
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NewsSave A Lot with AMOT Controls' Early Warning Products
AMOT Controls brought two useful new products to the Norshipping exhibition in Oslo earlier this month. The XTS-W bearing condition monitoring system provides early warning of bearing wear while the TomaHawk 8635A programmable logic controller combines the power of a PLC with ease of use of an embedded controller.
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Simple System Knocks NOx Emissions
Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships contained in Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention came into force last month. Designed to control harmful emissions from ships'' exhausts, they set limits of sulphur oxide (SOx) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) and prohibit deliberate emissions of ozone depleting substances.
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Loran-C Transmitter Trial Commences This Month
Trinity House , the Northern Lighthouse Board and the Commissioners of Irish Lights will trial the long range, low frequency electronic position fixing system Loran-C at a BT Radio site near Rugby United Kingdom starting this month.
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NewsToys for the Buoys at Seawork 2005
Hampshire UK based oceanographic instrument supplier RS Aqua Ltd will use the occasion of Seawork 2005 to promote a range of new initiatives from Dutch wave buoy manufacturer Datawell BV .
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NewsTideland In Buoyant Form at Seawork
Tideland Signal , together with its distributors FPM Henderson and Lumen Seamarks , will be showing highlights of its aids to navigation range, including the latest Automatic Identification System and diode based lanterns at Seawork 2005 .
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NewsLighthouse History Enlivens National Curriculum
Trinity House is relocating part of its collection of historical lighthouse artefacts to visitor centres at the Lizard and Pendeen Lighthouses in a move part funded by the European Union as part of the Atlantic Lights project, which supports initiatives to make lighthouses more accessible to the public.
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NewsNew VTS for Ghent - Terneuzen
Visualisation specialist Barco advanced into the VTS market last month, winning a home market contract from the Shipping Assistance Division of the Ministry of the Flemish Community to install a VTS system along the Ghent - Terneuzen canal. Earlier this year the company won a contract to supply advanced visualisation ...
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NewsTransas Signing Success at Seawork
Transas Marine (UK) Ltd hasbeen recently awarded a prestigious contract to supply a Vessel Traffic Services System for Drogheda Port Company (DPC) in the Republic of Ireland.
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NewsPlatinum Aims to Top the Charts
Navionics has launched what it hopes will be ''the next big thing in electronic chart technology'' in Navionics Platinum , the first multi-dimensional electronic charting product for marine chartplotters. It offers charts, 3D bathymetrics, cruising guides, satellite and photographic images and more, all integrated and geo-referenced on a single plug ...
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NewsHand Held Radios Race Into the Fast Lane
Icom UK has taken pole position as the official radio communication supplier to the Honda Formula 4-Stroke race series championship that kicked off last month at Largs in Scotland and continues later this month with a first time race around the Isle of Man. The offshore power boat series sees ...
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Norway/Florida Strategic Alliance
Norway''s Maritime Information Systems AS MARIS has entered into an alliance with Florida USA based ACR Electronics Inc to share proprietary software, engineering and manufacturing systems to design, build and market a suite of maritime and safety electronics systems.
