Equipment News – Page 64
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NewsSea Rescue Trio complete
The last in a powerful trio of state-of-the-art cruisers for Germany’s DGzRS sea rescue service was being launched in June for service in one of the world’s busiest shipping regions – the North Sea Elbe Estuary.
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NewsNorth P&I Club presents on maritime casualties
UK- headquartered vessel insurer North P&I Club delivered a presentation to the Merchant Marine Academy in Hydra, Greece, emphasising the importance of safety procedures and the human element in avoiding maritime casualties.
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NewsChart plotter with in-built AIS
The Chinese company Onwa makes a wide range of navigation and marine electronics but it is only just beginning to make its presence felt in the competitive international markets where there is a wide range of manufacturers already established.
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NewsAward-winning Spinlock responds to commercial sector demands
Spinlock, a UK-based designer and manufacturers of rope holding equipment and personal safety products for leisure and commercial water users, will once again be attending Seawork International. Spinlock will be launching two new products at the show - the Fluorescent Deckvest DURO and the Pro-Tech.
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NewsEngineering meets virtual reality
These days, deck equipment and lifting gear needs simulation testing before full development, Geir Roland of MacGregor told MJ. “Working on a scale model – even a detailed, 3D printed model - won’t copy the physics. You need try things out on a computer.”
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NewsChill test at sixty below
Reliability is a prerequisite for the type of rugged motors that lie at heart of marine winches – but while even normal support operations are demanding, icebreakers like the ones being built in Russia’s Vyborg yard add another layer of complexity.
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NewsAll about letting go
A repair vessel may have just deployed a bight of telecoms fibre optic cable or similar product - but it’s still attached to the crane. So, how does it retrieve what may be a 1,000m length of load-carrying rope? After all, leaving it there is environmentally unfriendly if not downright ...
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NewsEco Pilots for new tugs
The Eco Pilot is an efficient, easy to install, inexpensive fuel consumption monitoring system. It is made by France-headquartered C-Sense, a specialist in embedded electronics with a research and development team of highly skilled engineers.
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Nautilus ECDIS Kernel
Nautilus ECDIS Kernel from German navigation software specialist company SevenCs is described as the next generation software development kit (SDK) for maritime applications.
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NewsSatellite communication terminal
Recently unveilled at the Sea Asia exhibition in Singapore, the LT-3100 Iridium Communications System from Denmark-based Lars Thrane A/S is a maritime satellite communication product, designed for the professional market (deep sea, fishing, and workboats).
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NewsBig data in the marine sector
Ibna Zaman of Royston Diesel Power, the UK -based developer of the enginei fuel management system, highlights the growing operational advantages provided by the effective analysis of intelligent data in the marine sector – if certain challenges can be successfully overcome.
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NewsStrategic partnership in navigation
Navigation specialists have announced a strategic partnership to collaborate to deliver more user-friendly solutions for today’s increasingly digital bridge environment.
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NewsRembrandt contract with MAIB
BMT Ship & Coastal Dynamics, a subsidiary of UK-headquartered BMT Group Ltd, has announced a new contract with the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch, acknowledged as a world leader in ship electronic evidence gathering, including VDR (Voyage Data Recorder) data recovery and interpretation.
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Nominate a H.E.R.O
The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) is calling for nominations and entries for its H.E.R.O (Honouring Excellence in Rescue Operations) Awards 2017.
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NewsVesper Marine launches smartAIS technology
“We are consistently pushing the envelope of the capabilities and uses of AIS technology and our smartAIS device intelligence is miles ahead of any other system,” says Jeff Robbins, CEO of New Zealand-headquartered Vesper Marine.
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NewsFirst user-defined ECDIS
German marine electronics specialist Raytheon Anschütz, says it has introduced the world’s first user-defined Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) software. The company designed the new Synapsis ECDIS NX software based on direct input from customers.
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NewsHigh intensity professional grade LED deck lights
The Offshore and PitMaster series LED deck lights engineered and manufactured by Vision X for the recreational and commercial marine markets are claimed by US distributor Imtra to provide superior illumination with durability and reliability that is ideal for offshore watercraft, oil platforms, shoreline industrial complexes and shipyards.
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NewsViking Nadiro bucks trend
Following the story reported in last Month’s ‘Maritime Journal’ that Viking Life Saving equipment A/S had been encountering a ‘moderate slowdown’ in profits overall, the company has subsequently sought to draw attention to its subsidiary Viking Nadiro A/S, which reported an encouraging profit in 2016 before tax of DKK 1.1 ...
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NewsEuropa Point re-engineered
UK General Lighthouse Authority Trinity House has completed the re-engineering of Europa Point Lighthouse in Gibraltar, its most southerly lighthouse.
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NewsInnovative automatic ferry crossing
Rolls-Royce has signed a deal with Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven to supply its innovative automatic crossing system, for two new double-ended plug-in battery-hybrid ferries being built for Norwegian ferry company FosenNamsos Sjø.
