Equipment News – Page 79
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SpeedCast multi-year contract
Netherlands-headquartered SpeedCast International Limited a global satellite telecommunications service provider, has announced that it has been awarded a multi-year communications contract by international shipping company, Vroon.
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NewsAlphatron appointment
Netherlands headquartered Alphatron Marine has announced that Mr. Erik van Boom has been appointed as Country Manager for the Euro border region Scheldemonden.
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NewsVSAT technology proven during large-scale search and rescue exercise in Cyprus
Cobham Satcom partner Tototheo has deployed a Sailor 900 VSAT system in support of the Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Larnaca and the large-scale multinational Search and Rescue (SAR) exercise ‘Nemesis 2015’.
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NewsHoisting at sea
The Gerritsen On- & Offshore Services BV company has handled a routine turbine maintenance procedure being undertaken on an offshore location in the Southern North Sea.
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NewsACR eyes Europe
US headquartered specialist in safety and survival technologies, ACR Electronics, has broadened its range of devices with the introduction of its new Class A and Class B Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) transceivers.
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NewsIntellian growing fast
South Korean-headquartered Intellian now claims to be the leading global provider of stabilised marine satellite antenna systems, the critical hardware component of maritime satellite communications.
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NewsSending a message to the world
Ham radio operators operating out of Loop Head Lighthouse in Ireland made 923 contacts with counterparts in 49 other countries as part of the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend (ILLW) over the weekend of the 15th to 16th August.
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NewsCrane simulator investment
In anticipation of the arrival of five of the world’s largest cranes at the Port of Liverpool, UK in the autumn, Peel Ports has introduced a state-of-the-art ‘virtual’ training simulator from Swiss automation specialist ABB, designed to ensure all operators are ready to manoeuvre the giant structures from day one ...
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NewsUS graduates to fly Falcon
America’s very first Bachelor of Science in Maritime Technology, offered by Northwestern Michigan College, is to get a Falcon ROV built by Saab Seaeye in Europe. The aim of the BSc program is for graduates to be proficient in applied technology for the marine industry onshore and offshore.
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NewsPolar liferaft
SurvitecZodiac has spent over 2 years developing a container heating system for its whole range of commercial liferafts- thus making all the rafts in its range meet the new IMO Polar Code requirements when the new ‘Arctic’ option is chosen. We travelled to SurvitecZodiac’s high tech factory in Chevanceau, France ...
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NewsNew simulation wing
The simulation centre at the Technical University of Varna in Bulgaria has recently opened a new simulation wing. Following the opening of its simulation centrein 2012, the TU Varna has seen steady growth and further expansion into a new simulator wing was required.
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NewsMaritieme Academie Holland simulators
The Maritieme Academie Holland has selected VSTEP as simulator partner for their new Inland Navigation Center in Harlingen. The deal includes the purchase of a Full Mission Inland Navigation Simulator along with three Inland console trainers. The simulator centre will be the first to provide simulator training in full ...
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NewsItalian SAR training
The Italian Air Force Search and Rescue team has been expanding its skills and knowledge during a visit to a UK subsea trials and training facility The Underwater Centre, which claims it is fast developing a reputation for supporting international rescue teams with its range of bespoke packages.
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NewsHow to weigh a ROV platform
Four wireless compression load cells with centre of gravity software were used to weigh two subsea fabricated platforms at Pentalver’s shipping facility at Southampton Docks, UK recently.
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Tracking people aboard
A live demo of the Monalisa 2.0 project in Milan in June was attended by safety and technical management of Carnival Group, the largest cruise company in the world, and by the Naval Armaments Directorate of the Italian ministry of defence.
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NewsApprentice Watermen take to the sea
On a bright and blustery day in early June, 24 apprentice Watermen took to the lower reaches of the River Thames on a ‘familiarisation’ cruise aboard the Gravesend based pleasure boat ''Princess Pocahontas''.
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News150 years of German lifeboats
The 150th anniversary of the German lifeboat service is celebrated in a handsome book of images, as appreciated by Graeme Ewens.
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NewsMooring buoy launch
Spanish navaids specialist Almarin has launched a new range of mooring buoys. These are designed for mooring vessels, as well as for containment booms and supporting floating cages used in aquaculture.
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NewsTidal assistance
DelNorte in conjunction with OceanWise has delivered a new on-line tidal level system to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to assist its crews to safely launch its rescue craft from its new Lifeboat station at Portishead, Avon, UK.
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NewsSeaPlanner management software at Gemini
SeaPlanner, providers of marine monitoring and management solution, and part of SeaRoc Group have been confirmed as the proprietary software for the Gemini offshore wind farm operated by Van Oord.
