Equipment News – Page 94
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NewsPioneering software assesses worldwide fouling risk
Dutch marine coatings business, AkzoNobel has revealed Intertrac, the shipping industry’s first, patented applied for software system that enables ship owners and operators accurately to assess and predict the risk of hull fouling.
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NewsStatoil contract for Viking
Marine and fire safety equipment expert, Viking Life-Saving Equipment, has recently added the oil giant Statoil to its safety management portfolio.
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NewsAmsterdam Maritime Training Centre opens
MTC International’s new Maritime Training Centre (MTC) in Amsterdam is open for business promising to promote high-quality safety training by harnessing the latest technologies and offering flexible service.
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NewsInnovative new offshore safety system
International safety expert, Cobham Life Support has introduced a new safety system, Survivor+ Personal Overboard Survival System, a new class of ‘wearable’ Personal Flotation Device (PFD).
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NewsFirst UKHMA Harbour Master Certificates awarded
The UK Harbour Masters’ Association (UKHMA), in association with other UK port trade bodies, introduced a new Maritime and Coastguard Agency endorsed Harbour Master Certificate following the award of an initial five certificates at a ceremony in London.
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NewsQuad lift system for London Gateway cranes
DP World London Gateway was able to enhance supply chain reliability by taking ad hoc vessel calls while other UK ports faced closures and congestion during extreme winter weather.
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NewsGlobal marine skills gap report
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) and the UK’s engineering and recruitment agency, Matchtech, have teamed up to write a new report on the importance of the global marine skills gap.
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NewsTrinity House celebrates 500 years of serving the mariner
Celebrating a 500th anniversary is a bigger event than most organisations could ever aspire to, but for the Corporation of Trinity House, the organisation that looks after maritime safety infrastructure, that time has come.
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NewsWindfarm installation crane wins award
MacGregor''s three-axis motion compensated offshore crane has won the Offshore Support Journal''s (OSJ) Innovation of the Year award.
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NewsVestdavit wins French patrol boat order
Norway based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted by French shipyard Socarenam to supply the davits for a new 50m patrol boat which it will build for the French customs.
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NewsDavit-launch liferaft for offshore platforms
Survitec Group has announced a new davit-launched liferaft aimed at meeting the escape and survival needs of workers, passengers and crew on offshore platforms or high freeboard vessels.
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NewsNew Frog launched into Norwegian market
Reflex Marine’s new personnel transfer device, the FROG-XT4, was positively received at a recent launch event in Stavanger, Norway.
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Towing ropes for Arctech icebreakers
Maritime ropes producer and supplier, Lankhorst Ropes, has supplied Arctic vessel builder Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc with steel wire towing ropes for three new vessels.
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NewsSharpEye for world’s fastest ferry
Kelvin Hughes'' SharpEye radar is now in continuous use on the world’s fastest ferry, operating between Argentina and Uruguay.
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NewsKeeping on top of the skills
Although these days everyone points to the human element’s contribution to jeopardy, technology isn’t bullet proof either.
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ECDIS distant learning approved by ClassNK
The Furuno NavSkills CAT (Computer Aided Training) distant learning system started this year being approved by ClassNK as fulfilling the requirements for ECDIS type specific familiarisation training specified by the ISM code subsections of 6.3 and 6.5.
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NewsSafety first in latest Safehaven launch
Safehaven Marine has launched an Interceptor 48 self-righting, all-weather pilot boat, built in its busy facilities at Cork in Ireland.
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NewsSupporting e-Navigation
Dr Nick Ward of the General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland has written this article for MJ to discuss the changes that are required to ensure that developments in navigational technology aid, rather than hinder, the mariner.
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Developing a skilled Welsh energy workforce
South Wales based RenewableUK accredited safety training provider, Safety Technology Ltd, has been selected as an official trainer for the EU Skills’ new Low Carbon Energy and Marine Power Institute.
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NewsShock mitigation seating for Nautic Africa
Following an introduction in 2012, UK based specialist seating manufacturers Scot Seats has supplied an order for six shock mitigation Helmsman seats to Nautic Africa.
