Equipment News – Page 81
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NewsShakespeare is the first to use silver plating
“As far as we know we’re the first to use the new technology,” so says Chris Catoe of the Shakespeare Antenna Group, speaking about the use of silver plating on antennas. “We’ve not seen anyone else doing it out of our competitors.”
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NewsBags of answers for crucial tests
It’s a Catch-22 situation: load-bearing deck structures require regular testing but when it comes to man handling solid weights into things like lifeboats, for example, it becomes a scary proposition.
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NewsTurkish interest in special solutions
A number of recent Turkish research vessels have gone for a Sea-Bird – MacArtney oceanographic instrumentation and winch combination: Hans Jorgen Hansen of MacArtney puts it down to reliability “and word getting around”.
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NewsPower for pull
The recently launched icebreaker ‘Murmansk’ is big and extremely powerful, but not all of that energy is simply centred on the propulsion.
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NewsExporting professionalism
“People often sigh when you talk about Health and Safety,” Denis Hogan of LEEA International told MJ, but he argued “it’s one of Europe’s most successful exports”.
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NewsWinches, knuckleboom and a big fin for Tridens I
It was originally budgetary cuts that pushed the Dutch government into thinking about extending the life of the 25 year old MS ‘Tridens I’, but whatever the driver, it certainly gave rise to an interesting refit.
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NewsHydrosphere to launch Jet 1200 buoy at Seawork
Aids to navigation company Hydrosphere will launch the latest in navigational aid technology at Seawork 2015.The new type of buoy, the JET1200, is from Mobilis for which Hydrosphere is the British representative.
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NewsNew Seacrewsader
Survitec Group has launched a new SOLAS lifejacket aimed at the industrial and commercial marine market. Developed under its Crewsaver brand, the new Seacrewsader 290N 3D is designed to provide increased levels of protection in the toughest and most extreme working environments.
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NewsRevolutionary radar range and resolution
Navico Commercial Marine Division recently announced the launch of its Simrad Halo Pulse Compression Radar, which the company claims is ‘the world’s most affordable solid-state, open-array radar system with pulse compression technology for non-SOLAS applications aboard commercial vessels’.
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NewsMarine operations software
Three companies have cooperated to develop a software programme that is claimed will revolutionise the operations at wind and tidal energy sites. The aim of this software is to predict whether the operations taking place at a site in the future are viable in the light of expected conditions and ...
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NewsNew data buoy from Mobilis
The French National Centre for Scientific Research, the CNRS, has worked with specialist buoy manufacturer Mobilis to develop an advanced automatic data buoy. This has been located in Villefranche Bay and its aim is to measure the coastal marine environment and the impact of human activity on the littoral.
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NewsHenriksen Seawork debut
Single-point lifting hook specialist Henriksen hooks will be attending Seawork at Southampton, UK, for the first time as part of its continuing expansion into new markets.
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NewsBarge collapse still all too common
More and more project cargo is going by barge, pushed by Europe’s concern with pollution and its congested roads. But dramatic barge failures “are still a regular occurrence” says Carlos Maenhout of BMT Surveys.
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NewsNew LNG monitoring system from Kongsberg Maritime
LNG as a fuel is fast becoming a hot topic due to oil prices and forthcoming regulations relating to engine emissions.
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NewsThree system approach for Thuraya
Thuraya Telecommunications Company has launched what it claims is the industry''s most advanced satellite phone, the Thuraya XT-PRO. Targeted at professional users across a range of market sectors including government, energy, media and NGOs, the Thuraya XT-PRO is the only satellite phone to feature built-in GPS, BeiDou and Glonass for ...
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NewsBAE Systems builds the UK skills base
BAE Systems is supporting the growth of engineering and manufacturing businesses in the Solent (UK) through the Government funded Employment Ownership Programme (EOP) aimed at increasing the number of apprenticeships and raising high level engineering skills.
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NewsSMS spearheads safety scheme
SMS Towage says it is spearheading an industry drive to create a new national workboat safety standard for the UK. The East Yorkshire-based business is helping to implement the Maritime Coastguard Agency-approved Voluntary Towage Endorsement Scheme with the National Workboat Association (NWA).
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NewsLifejackets for Poland
UK-based maritime safety specialist and Seawork 2015 exhibitor International Safety Products (ISP) is continuing its thrust into the European military sector after securing a new contract with the Polish Navy.
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Crowdfunding for safety
Maritime Accident Casebook, the online safety resource for seafarers, has launched its second crowdfunding initiative to produce its next video casestudy, ‘The Case of the Incurious Navigators’. Based on the grounding of the ‘Ovit’ on the Varne bank, and looks at ECDIS issues, a common element in such incidents.
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NewsRevolutionary survival platform
Having a place of safety and allowing time for survivors to recover before being rescued at sea is behind the newly designed Seapod inflatable survival platform. The device, which will be making its Seawork International debut this year, combines the latest technology, with proven research to solve the age old ...
