Dryad Maritime has unveiled new and enhanced services and a complete rebrand as part of the company’s relaunch and repositioning within the maritime operations industry. The overhaul follows six years of exponential growth for the formerly niche Portsmouth-based intelligence company…
Outcome of Investigation Findings into Marine Incidents and Measures to Enhance Safety of Navigation in Singapore Port Waters and Singapore StraitFollowing the three collision incidents[1] resulting in oil spills which took place in the…
Roger Lee Easton, Sr., visionary, inventor and pioneer of modern day navigation passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at his Wheelock Terrace residence located in Hanover, New Hampshire.Born April 30, 1921, in North Craftsbury, Vt., to Frank Birch Easton…
Coast Guard proposes removal of lenses from two Duluth lighthouses, replacement with more energy efficient LEDsThe U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced a proposal to remove the Fresnel Classical Lenses from two lighthouses in Duluth, Minnesota…
Online chart service Fugawi X-Traverse, has announced new pricing for NV Digital Charts. Designed for use with the iNavX iOS app, NV charts of the United States East Coast and the Caribbean are now available for download for as little as $9…
The German navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz, says that together with its exclusive Norwegian distributor Syberg AS, it has been awarded a contract for the supply of an advanced Synapsis Integrated Navigation System (INS) to two new state-of-the-art wind farm service vessels…
EUCAP Nestor donated a deployable speedboat to the Seychelles Coast Guard in a ceremony at the new Coast Guard base. The ceremony was presided over by the Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard, Lt Col Simon Dine, on behalf of the Seychelles and the Head of Mission of EUCAP Nestor…
The foul weather season has been declared from May 25 to August 31, in the Port of Mumbai. During this period, the anchorage area of the [Mumbai] inner harbour is restricted to a line, which is normally north of the Sunk Rock Light House position…
United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) has just approved global binding regulations intending to enhance safety of navigation in polar areas. This means, inter alia, new requirements for passenger ships.Following several years of intense negotiations…
As of March 2014 Pivot Maritime International is the first Australian training centre to be accredited by FURUNO as provider of FURUNO’s type specific ECDIS familiarisation training to FURUNO’s customers in Australia.With this accreditation…
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Charles Volk was recently awarded the Kershner Award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Institute of Navigation's Position Location and Navigation Symposium. The Kershner Award was established in honor of Richard B…
The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) informs that the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved global binding regulations intending to enhance safety of navigation in polar areas. This means, inter alia, new requirements for passenger ships…
Global chart distributor Nautisk has announced two new appointments to its senior management team. Peter Johan Pran has been appointed Acting Head of Global Sales, whilst Gunnar Aarstad has taken up the position of Acting Head of Global Operations…
The providers of the system, SevenCs inform that after a series of trials with different Portable Pilot Units (PPU) the Portsmouth Pilots have selected ORCA Pilot G2 as their navigation tool of choice.The new software is produced by SevenCs…
International developer of simulators and virtual training software, Rotterdam-based VSTEP, says it has appointed Joost van Ree as head of sales with responsibility for worldwide sales and growth of the company’s simulator products.Van Ree…
