China to build a test & certification network for its Beidou satellite navigation system over the next three years.An authoritative testing and certification system with uniform standards and legal support will secure the Beidou system's safe operation and accelerate its industrialization…
New shipping fairways being progressively introduced in August 2012 off the coasts of NW Australia.Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese recently announced the fairways saying commercial shipping was vital to Australia’s…
Innovative Brown Water Programs Arguably the best equipped and most environmentally sound maritime campus in the country, Mass. Maritime also finds itself (not by accident) at the leading edge of a fundamental change in how maritime academies deliver education in a changing marketplace…
The US Coast Guard proposes rate adjustments averaging approximately 1.87% for pilotage services on the Great Lakes. Comments on the proposal should be submitted by 1 October. 77 Fed. Reg. 45539 (August 1, 2012). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking…
Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT) announced its BVS onboard software provides Emission Control Areas (ECAs) and calculation tools to evaluate the most cost effective voyage track.Using the latest version of BVS, captains manage their…
Hamburg based SevenCs has appointed Bjoern Roehlich as Sales Director.Bjoern, who started his career as a German Navy Officer, brings extensive experience in the ECDIS, VTS and simulator-markets to SevenCs. Most recently he was Managing Director of a leading European ECDIS training provider…
Guidance on ECDIS for ships calling at Australian ports; Applicabilty: All owners and operators of Lloyd’s Register classed vessels trading to Australian waters.Further to Classification News No. 09/2012, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority…
The Inland Waterways Users Board, sponsored by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), will meet on 29 August in St. Louis. Agenda to include status of funding for inland navigation projects and studies and the status of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund…
VectorNav Technologies launch the VN-200, high-accuracy GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS) on a surface-mount chip the size of a postage stamp. Combining an advanced GPS module with the latest in MEMS inertial and pressure sensor technology…
Havyard Power & Systems complete design work on its 'Havyard Concept Bridge'Project Manager Svein Olav Tørresdal of Havyard Power & Systems has been heading the design and the development of this modern bridge concept, which has been done in close cooperation with the Nomek company…
A software update now makes the Admiralty Information overlay available on all current JRC ECDIS models.The Admiralty Information Overlay, a free service to Admiralty Vector Chart Service customers, is a simple way to view the most comprehensive…
Alphatron Marine adds a fiber optic heading sensor to its gyro compass product rangeThe small light-weight fast setting device, contains a fiber optic and 1Xblue core as sensor reference, and is fully approved by class and is MED wheel-marked…
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is helping clients execute voyages through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as this new trade lane begins to open up new opportunities for shipping.WSS is working with Russian Arctic shipping specialist Rosatomflot…
Russia has offered India joint participation in development of its GLONASS satellite navigation system on an equal basisThe Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), which was officially launched in 1993, is a Russian counterpart to the U…
AtoBviaC offers navigators online calculation of SECA (Sulphur Emission Control Area) & North America ECA (Emission Control Area) distancesThe imminent tightening of fuel control areas around the US is providing ship operators with a new…