At SMM 2012, Raytheon Anschütz has honored their Croatian representative Crocon for the 100th Integrated Bridge System sold. The one hundredth delivery of an Integrated Bridge System was for the second newbuild of a Heavy Lift Carrier for…
The company's business unit will brief on its capabilities in marine navigation & bridge control systems at upcoming SMM 2012, Hamburg.Alan Dix, managing director of Sperry Marine, will speak about the company's new products and future offerings…
The expected record number of vessels using the Northern Sea Route between Europe & Asia this summer seems delayed.In course of the two first months of sailing, only nine vessels of different types have taken the journey, but if the sailing season lasts as long as it did in 2011…
The Board of Directors of Transas Group has appointed Ralf Lehnert as the new Managing Director of Transas Marine International (TMI). Ralf has a seagoing background as an Officer in the German Navy and holds a Master Degree in Economics and Business Administration…
VERIPOS, wins a three-year contract from Neptune Marine Services (NMS) of Perth, Western Australia for its GPS augmentation service. The contract, which represents a continuation of a long-standing working relationship between the two companies…
Furuno Shanghai has started to provide product-specific ECDIS training for its important Chinese market. Furuno Shanghai is the sixth training facility to join the Furuno NavSkills training network and with its strategic location it is…
Safebridge will show a full working version of its ECDIS familiarisation course at SMM Hamburg.The full working version of the ECDIS familiarisation course will be linked via the web to the Safebridge online server and the original manufacturer’s own software…
Signed letter of intent lays the groundwork for collaboration on educational, outreach activities related to shipbuilding, offshore and marine engineering. ABS has signed a letter of intent for cooperative research and development projects…
Naval Radar Experts Meet to Share Experiences and Suggest ImprovementsUsers of the Saab Sea Giraffe naval radar are meeting this week in San Diego to share their experiences with the operation and support of the Sea Giraffe family of naval surveillance radars…
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…
