Marine Equipment News


FLIR's Thermal Night Vision Equipment Now Touch-screen Accessible

Oct 25, 2012

FLIR M‐Series is now compatible with TZTouch through Furuno’s Navnet TZTouch touch‐screen MFDs.FLIR’s popular M‐Series line of thermal night vision just got easier to use than ever, Now all M‐Series functions can be directly accessed through Furuno’s Navnet TZTouch touch‐screen MFDs…

Port of San Diego Plans 'Cold Ironing' Facility

Oct 24, 2012

Port of San Diego's Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal proposes shore-to-ship power provision (subject to project's public approval).The project would allow vessels such as container ships and refrigerated cargo ships to 'plug in' and use electrical power from San Diego Gas & Electric…

Metabo Welcomes Seasoned Marketing Manager

Oct 23, 2012

Responsible for marketing, advertising and sales promotions. Metabo Corporation, an  international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, announced it has hired Jere L…

Diver Threat Detection Sonar Order for DSIT

Oct 22, 2012

DSIT Solutions Ltd gets order for its PointShield™ Portable Diver Detection Sonar (PDDS) system. The PointShield™ PDDS is specifically designed to provide underwater protection for navy ships, private yachts and commercial vessels. (The…

Konecranes Deliver to Indonesian Container Terminal

Oct 18, 2012

Ten Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes are now all running smoothly at Belawan International Container Terminal (BICT).Having received five RTGs previously, BICT now operates a fleet of fifteen Konecranes RTGs.These ten RTGs are technically very similar to the ones already delivered…

Contruction Starts on World's Biggest Offshore Floating Facility

Oct 18, 2012

At 1601 ft. long  x 242.7 ft. wide, the Prelude FLNG facility will be the largest offshore floating facility ever built.  A new milestone was reached in the world’s use of LNG as fue, as Shell celebrated the cutting of first steel for the…

John Kermet Promoted to COO at Seakeeper

Oct 16, 2012

John Kermet has been promoted to the position of chief operating officer at Seakeeper.  He previously served as VP of sales, marketing and service for the California, Maryland-based manufacturer of gyro stabilization systems.  Seakeeper co-founder and CEO Shep McKenney made the announcement…

Satellite Service Alliance Between Inmarsat & Cisco

Oct 11, 2012

Global Xpress (GX) video & multi-media content to be delivered by alliance of Inmarsat and Cisco.Cisco will provide Inmarsat with a state-of-the-art satellite applications service delivery platform and a high-performance access network for GX…

Transas Marine Upgrades Training Complex

Oct 10, 2012

Transas Marine has upgraded training complex at the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (Varna, Bulgaria), including full mission bridge simulator upgrade to the latest Transas NTPRO 5000 software and new version of the GMDSS simulator TGS 5000.The…

Devin International Names Bearb as Manager

Oct 09, 2012

Devin International, a division of Greene’s Energy Group, has named Donald Bearb as Assets and Maintenance Manager, announced Joe Miller, Vice President and General Manager.  Based in Lafayette, Bearb will conduct a variety of duties. In addition to classification…

Konecranes Gets More W. African Orders

Oct 09, 2012

Konecranes is delivering new cranes ordered by Bollore Group for container terminals in Ghana and Benin The manufacturer has received two orders for a total of nine gantry cranes from West Africa. The parties concerned have declined to reveal the value of the orders…

NMEA Names KVHI's TracPhone V3 'Best Communication Product'

Oct 05, 2012

The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) recognizes KHVI for its TracPhone V3, the world's smallest maritime VSAT antenna.The KVH TracPhone V3 is designed to work with KVH's mini-VSAT Broadband satellite network which KVH built…

U.S. Coast Guard Safety Alert

Oct 04, 2012

Problem With Mustang Inflatable PFD's.The Coast Guard has become aware of certain Mustang Survival Inflatable PFDs with Hammar MA1 hydrostatic (HIT) inflation systems which may not inflate and require a new re-arm kit to properly inflate by manual or automatic activation…

Longshoreman Injury Hotline App Launched

Oct 03, 2012

Los Angeles longshore attorney launches first free, custom mobile app for longshore workers.The Law Offices of Charles D. Naylor, developed the app to meet the needs of longshore workers. It is now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices…

BWT Asia Pacific Market Booms

Oct 02, 2012

New 'Ballast Water Treatment Market in Asia-Pacific' reports 2011 revenues of over US$214.6-million estimated to reach US$3.63-billion in 2017.The ballast water management (BWM) guidelines set by the International Marine Organization (IMO)…

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