Technology Zone
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Lifting the Concordia
According to the CEO of Resolve Marine Group, “The Costa Concordia is a massive, international assignment that will involve hundreds of personnel including naval architects and engineers, highly experienced salvage […]
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Furuno Launch New ECDIS
Fully compliant with the performance standard of ECDIS stipulated in IMO resolution MSC.232(82), the FMD-3200 and FMD-3300 deliver great enhancement in terms of user interface as well as functionality. FURUNO […]
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ECDIS Training
The UK based firm Kelvin Hughes has supplied 25 MantaDigital™ ECDIS Training Systems with Chartco’s Passage Manager to the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA). Singapore Maritime Academy meets class-approved status with […]
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Chart Companies Join Forces
Thomas Gunn Navigation Services and Transas Marine have announced a new partnership. Thomas Gunn will now offer the Transas Navi-Sailor 4000 ECDIS while Transas will offer Thomas Gunn’s paper chart […]
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Crew Location Device
Voyage Manager and Omnisense have teamed up to develop what they call the world’s most advanced system for locating passengers and crew in real time, aimed at improving response times […]
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Advanced IBS Delivered
Raytheon Anschütz has completed the supply of an Integrated Bridge System (IBS) to the “SA Agulhas II”, a new polar research ship owned by the Republic of South Africa’s Department of […]
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LRAD
Long Range Acoustic Hailing Devices, more commonly known as LRAD, enable vessels to hail, notify and warn approaching vessels at significant ranges with clear voice or prerecorded messages in any language. […]
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SPx ECDIS Radar Kit
For system integrators looking to build a localised or customed ECDIS solution, Cambridge Pixel’s kit provides components for radar acquisition, radar display, ENC display, target tracking and more. A sample […]
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Marine Security Helicopters
Airborne tests of a United States Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded sensor will start this summer. Mounted on unmanned aircraft (UAVs), the sensor will be able to distinguish small pirate boats from other […]
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Chinese OPVs for Nigeria
Nigeria’s 2012 Defence Budget Proposal allocates N6.78 billion/US$42 million for the two offshore patrol vessels. The first will be built in China while about 50% of the second ship will […]
