Marine Electronics News


KT to Manage Massive Submarine Cable Network

Oct 23, 2015

Korean Telecommunications provider KT has been named the key operator of the world's largest submarine network cable, New Cross Pacific (NCP). Korea's dominant fixed-line operator said it will run a network center to control the submarine…

WAGO Appoints National Sales Manager for Canada

Oct 21, 2015

WAGO has announced the appointment of industry veteran Juliano Matias, to the position of National Sales Manager for Canada.Matias brings a wealth of knowledge, deep-domain relationships and business development expertise to WAGO’s growing Canadian sales team…

Cyber Security: The Anatomy of a Cyber Intrusion

Oct 20, 2015

Compromising the cyber integrity of the network threatens every user and every system on your ship or in your building. Violating security best practices, circumventing security policies, carelessness and falling victim to social networking…

APM Terminals Moin Bullish on Reefers

Oct 20, 2015

APM Terminals is preparing an expansion of the Moin Terminal in Costa Rica's cooling export facilities.  Six new STS cranes and 29 RTG cranes to operate the deep water port of Moin Container Terminal, which opens in 2018.  The Port of Moin is 18 meters deep docks…

Port Community System Unveiled at Dubai Seminar

Oct 19, 2015

An electronic port community system to make all trading transactions paperless in Algerian ports based on the Dubai Trade portal has been unveiled at a major seminar in Dubai on investment opportunities in the country. The new system…

USN Cites Modern Threats to (again) Start Teaching Celestial Navigation

Oct 16, 2015

Picture this: A naval vessel is navigating the high seas thousands of nautical miles from land. Suddenly all navigation systems become inoperable. What happens next? What does this mean? The Navy looks to its past to chart its future. With today's technology rapidly advancing…

Cinia Lays New Helsinki-Rostock Submarine Data Cable

Oct 14, 2015

Finland-based Cinia Group began laying the new submarine Sea Lion data cable in Helsinki, Finland. The new fibre optic sea cable will provide a direct, low latency and cyber secure internet backbone connection between Finland and Germany…

ROC Kop Van Noord-Holland Installs VSTEP Simulators

Oct 13, 2015

Maritime training school ROC Kop van Noord-Holland has purchased a full simulator center from VSTEP for its Nautical College in Den Helder. The deal includes three NAUTIS DNV Class B simulators, three NAUTIS Desktop Pro simulators including…

Algoryx Simulation, Kongsberg Maritime Ink R&D Deal

Oct 13, 2015

Kongsberg Maritime and Algoryx Simulation have entered a five year agreement, which supports Kongsberg Maritime’s continuing development of fidelity and realism in its K-Sim range of maritime simulator systems.Simulators are today essential and integral in training…

Container Tracking ensures that your shipment is always 'just a click away'

Oct 12, 2015

'Our 24 x 7 multi-referential container tracking facility ensures that your shipment is always ‘just a click away’!,' says CMA CGM. CMA CGM Container tracking is available anytime anywhere- from your personal computer, laptop, tablet or…

Using Big Data for Engine Preventive Maintenance

Oct 09, 2015

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that it has started a demonstration test of a next-generation condition-based engine monitoring system called “CMAXS e-GICSX” (electronic Global Internet Customer Support neXt)  aboard the recently delivered methanol carrier MAYARO…

Hydrographic Survey of Malacca Strait Underway

Oct 08, 2015

A hydrographic survey of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS) was launched today by the three littoral States - Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore - and the Malacca Straits Council of Japan at the Marina South Pier. This initiative…

NMEA Award for Simrad HALO Pulse Compression Radar

Oct 07, 2015

Simrad HALO Pulse Compression Radar has been awarded the Technology Award at the 2015 National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Conference and Expo in Baltimore, Md.The NMEA 2015 Technology Award is judged by an independent panel…

Dorset, Actisense Shortlisted For Entrepreneur Award

Oct 01, 2015

Press release - Phil Whitehurst, CEO of Dorset marine electronics brand, Actisense, has been short-listed for the prestigious Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2015 sponsored by Nat West. Actisense, are set to wave the Dorset flag on November 25…

OceanLED Hires North America Account Manager

Sep 29, 2015

Ocean LED USA, LLC, a manufacturer of LED marine lighting technology, today announced that Fred Mayer has joined the company and will serve as the Superyacht Division Account Manager for North America. In his new role, Mayer is tasked with…

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