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Videotel Offers DP Course to Meet Industry Demand

May 22, 2012

Videotel Launches New Dynamic Positioning Course. Dynamic positioning (DP) is essential to an ever increasing number of maritime sectors. Today there are over 1,000 DP-capable vessels, and whilst the majority of them are operationally related…

ECDIS 'Top Guns' Announced

May 17, 2012

UK based ECDIS training & consultancy company, ECDIS Ltd, celebrate two years of awarding a HDMM sponsored monthly prize to studentsUK based ECDIS training and consultancy company ECDIS Ltd are celebrating over two years award of the Honourable…

China's GPS 'Beidou' to be Enhanced

May 17, 2012

China will launch three more satellites for its Beidou GPS system The Third China Satellite Navigation Conference in progress in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province, with satellite experts, government officials and business executives from China…

Satellite to Monitor Arctic Shipping Lanes

May 17, 2012

A new satellite will be used by Weathernews to provide navigational information, ice monitoring, for commercial vessels in the Arctic OceanThe 10-kg cube-shaped satellite, jointly developed by Tokyo-based AXELSPACE Corp.and Weathernews, is…

ECDIS Chart Info Micro-site Launched

May 16, 2012

ChartWorld International launches 'ECDIS as a Service(TM)' micro-siteGermany based ChartWorld International has launched a new micro-site (http://www.ecdis-as-a-service.com) to mark the introduction of its unique 'ECDIS as a Service™' concept…

U.K. Hydrographic Office and Warsash Maritime Academy Form Agreement

May 15, 2012

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office has agreed a deal to supply Warsash Maritime Academy, one of the UK’s leading maritime training colleges and pioneer of the use of bridge simulators for higher level training, with training licences for its full portfolio of Admiralty Digital Publications…

NOAA to Hold Public Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska

May 07, 2012

NOAA's Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) is holding a Public meeting, May 22-24, 2012, Anchorage, Alaska.  Navigation areas of focus for this public meeting include: NOAA's charting and hydrographic surveying products, services and information for the Alaska/Arctic region…

Synapsis receives first INS Type Approval

May 07, 2012

Synapsis Bridge Control, the new generation of the Raytheon Anschütz bridge system, is the world’s first navigation system which has been type approved according to IMO’s new Performance Standards for Integrated Navigation Systems (INS). In an official ceremony…

GPS Jamming Affects Ship Navigation off Korean Coast

May 07, 2012

More than 120 ships reported malfunctions in electronic navigation systems to Korean Coastguard recently122 ships, including Coast Guard vessels and a passenger vessel, have reported malfunctions in their navigation systems since the apparent jamming of satellite signals by North Korea last week…

New Practices Will Lead to Safer Passage in Arctic Waters

Apr 27, 2012

Highlighting the need for safer navigation in Canada’s Arctic, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its report into the August 2010 grounding of the cruise ship, Clipper Adventurer in Coronation Gulf, Nunavut (M10H0006). 'Our…

Russian Warships to Get NATO Comms Equipment

Apr 26, 2012

To help better coordinate with counter-piracy naval forces, Russian warships will be equipped with NATO navigation & communications systemsRussian warships will be equipped with NATO navigation and communications systems to improve coordination in anti-piracy missions around the world…

Risk Management Experts Advise on FV Safety

Apr 25, 2012

Mutual insurance provider The Shipowners’ Club, has produced a comprehensive handbook ‘Fishing vessel safety’ highlighting areas in which crew members can become more safety aware, while assisting crew and owners alike to recognise potential dangers and operating hazards…

Navigation Warning – Tsunami Debris on N. Pacific Routes

Apr 25, 2012

Vessels transiting North Pacific Ocean from Japan to US West Coast advised to lookout for debris field from 2011 TsumamiThis advisory will be published on the MARAD web site at www.marad.dot.gov.

The 9.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred march 11…

E-Navigation Alive & Well Says Maritime Authority

Apr 25, 2012

Danish Maritime Authority leads development of electronic navigation frameworkWith the conclusion of the EfficienSea project in early 2012, one might fear that work on e-Navigation would become homeless. But fortunately that is not the case…

Buoy Replacement for Great Lakes Season Almost Done

Apr 22, 2012

USCG nears completion of annual mission to replace seasonal aids to navigation throughout Great Lakes, St Lawrence SeawayThe Coast Guard is nearing completion of the mission to replace seasonal aids to navigation this week throughout the Great Lakes and the St…

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