Equipment News – Page 153
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NewsChinese Checkout By UK Lifeboat Builders
Aberdeen UK based lifeboat manufacturers and safety equipment maintenance specialists Survival Craft Inspectorate is taking the rare step of repatriating its production facilities from low wage China to a new 10,000ft 2factory now under construction at Findon Shore.
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NewsFishermen Get a Grip
A section of the Spanish fishing industry has been convinced that Vynagrip safety matting, traditionally used in the rugged environment of heavy industrial plants, makes an ideal safety covering on the open decks of trawlers.
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NewsNew Oz EPIRB Located in Europe
Plymouth UK based SM Group (Europe) Ltd have added to their range of equipment from Australian marine equipment manufacturer GME with the launch of a full specification 406MHz EPIRB.
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S-VDR Made Simple Online
The Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR) system was mandated by the IMO last December for carriage on the majority of large ocean going vessels. Similar to the aviation ''black box'' recorder, it stores data which can be retrieved to reconstruct the last 12 hours of a voyage in which a ...
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NewsNon-Slip Decking Fit for a Queen
It was natural that safety should be paramount in all aspects of the design and construction of the RNLI ''s new £ 25m Lifeboat College and Sea Survival Centre at Poole UK.
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GMDSS Guide Online
Virginia USA based Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) has released its interactive Guide to the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). The GMDSS Guide joins RTCM''s Navigation Equipment Guide on the RTCM website www. rtcm. org . Both guides allow free public access and work in the ...
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Thamesport Receive Five Star Safety Award
Thamesport (London) Limited is the third Hutchison Ports (UK) port to receive the British Safety Council ''s five star award, following an extensive audit of the facility earlier this year.
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NewsSafe Connections Suitable for Marine Environments
Wales based Elkay Electrical has launched a new range of Aqua-safe connectors which are particularly suitable for carrying electrical supplies through wet and damp environments such as those found in ports, harbours, marinas and dockyards.
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NewsSAHS Solution for Safer Decks
Norwegian hydraulic solutions specialist ODIM has launched its Safe Anchor Handling System (SAHS) which it believes will revolutionise the safety dimension of anchor handling operations on board the global fleet of offshore vessels.
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Quality Kit Makes Advance on Seawork
Whether you have a workboat that needs a standby generator, a harbourmaster''s cutter requiring reverse cycle air conditioning or a research vessel in need of a complete environmental system for its crew, first time Seawork exhibitors Advance Yacht Systems Ltd will be able to discuss planning, design, kit and installation ...
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NewsBig Handler Lifts Poole Productivity
Poole Harbour Commissioners have recently taken delivery of a Sennebogen 870R Special Material Handler , the first machine of its kind to be utilised by a British Port.
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NewsLift with a Difference Makes Waves at Seawork
Wave Seven Marine returns to Seawork with representations from the seven non-UK companies it represents on this side of the Channel. Joining Wave 7 ontheir stand will be one of those companies, Vermeer -Holland , which is very big in its home market as a manufacturer of piling equipment but ...
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NewsPulling Paper at the Port of Kotka
Kalmar has received an order from Steveco Oy of Kotka in Finland for nine TRX-252 tractors to be used to move 95 ton Stora Enso cargo units (SECUs) in the port. The machines will be delivered in June of this year.
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NewsTurnaround Target Lifted
Thamesport (London) Ltd hastaken delivery of a further eight new Terburg terminal tractors, following on from seven machines which arrived last October.
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NewsCrane Count Rises at Crowded Felixstowe
The Port of Felixstowe hasplaced an order for 12 new Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGCs) from Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZMPC) of Shanghai for delivery in May of 2006. This is in addition to an order for nine RTGCs and one Ship to Shore Gantry Crane (SSGC) made towards the ...
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NewsSecond Order for Quay Crane Safety System
Following 12 months of successful daily operations with the Navtech N100-AC Quay Crane Anti-Collision System , the Port of Bristol UK is planning to install it onto its second quay crane.
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MOBi-lert to Raise the Alarm at Seawork
The prestigious Safety at Sea Award at the 17th Seatrade Awards Ceremony Dinner in London last month went to the MOBi-lert Recovery System, an active crew monitoring system dedicated to preventing the loss of life at sea.
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Workboat Training Needs Met at Seawork
Ever mindful of small workboat training needs, Seatrek Training Limited comes to Seawork 2005 with a new Competent Deckhand Course. The course has been designed by Seatrek''s John Robertson specifically to address this neglected aspect of commercialworkboat training.
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NewsGerman Chairmen Slide Into Seawork 2005 International
With exhibitors now coming from as far afield as Australia and Singapore, Seawork2005 International is indeed growing in stature as an event which attracts global interest.
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NewsACE Makes Space for New Marine Crane Range
Scotland based Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd (ACE) has taken on the role of sole distributor for HS Marine cranes in the UK and Ireland.
