AISSat-1 has been successfully launched from India on 12th of July 2010 by Kongsberg Seatex AS, and has already started transmitting AIS messages from space through Kongsberg Satellite Services ground station at Svalbard. ... read full story
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Simrad BR24PC launched
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Simrad launches the new BR24PC Software Development Kit for military, commercial, surveillance and marine applications. ... read full story
Recovery of technological maritime market observed by IMTECH
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Imtech announced observation of improvement of the technological maritime market in Far East and Singapore, drawing conclusion based on the increase in orders in these areas over the past few months. ... read full story
Top coat revision announced by AWLGRIP
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Following the extensive customer feedback, Awlgrip has announced a top coat revision. This revision is due for introduction into the professional yacht market immediately after the previews with customers. ... read full story
OC Technology and Yellowbrick Tracking in joint partnership
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OC Technology and Yellowbrick Tracking signed a new strategic partnership, which represents a important consolidation in the tracking business. As a result of this joint venture, Yellowbrick will become a leading company in the offshore yacht tracking market, with the largest fleet of Iridium-based tracking units available. ... read full story
CJR Propulsion announces partenership with Southampton University’s Fluid Structure Interactions Research Group (FSIRG)
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World leading propeller and sterngear system manufacturer, CJR Propulsion, has announced the start of a long-term partnership with Southampton University's Fluid Structure Interactions Research Group (FSIRG) – working together to develop accurate design tools to optimise propeller and sterngear technology for improved performance, fuel efficiency, longevity and reduced vibration. ... read full story
The Soraya 70 Superyacht
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The Soraya 70 yacht is another collaboration between Soraya Yachts and the Uniellé design studio. This team also worked together successfully on Soraya 46 yacht, which is now under construction. In fact Jure Bukavec, founder of Uniellé Yacht Design, designed Soraya 46 to be the ultimate showcase for the innovative use of new yacht building technologies and the Gentech shipyard has the honour of realising the design and technology from the plans into a physical reality. Soraya Yachts are undertaking to creating a graceful and stylish motor yacht which is to offer her yacht owner an ideal combination of state-of-the-art design, construction and elegance. The Soraya 70 superyacht has every reason to attain the same high standards or better. ... read full story
Global Telesat Communications appoints The Mansell Agency
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Global Telesat Communications Ltd, satellite communications experts and resellers, is pleased to announce that they have appointed The Mansell Agency to handle all public relations, advertising, media and marketing activity within the marine sector. Global Telesat Communications provides customers all over the world with satellite equipment, providing voice and data solutions, including handheld phones, fixed and portable terminals, airtime contracts and also bespoke projects, such as satellite tracking devices. All the leading systems are available, such as Inmarsat, Iridium, Thuraya and Globalstar, each offering different coverage areas around the world and responding to particular individual requirements. ... read full story
The International SeaKeepers Society respond to the Gulf oil spill
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In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, the not-for-profit International SeaKeepers Society, in cooperation with their commercial partner YSI, Inc. and the University of South Florida, a member institution of the Florida Institute of Oceanography, has adapted a C3 Hydrocarbon sensor from Turner Designs to integrate into its proprietary SeaKeeper 1000 oceanographic and atmospheric data acquisition system. ... read full story
Ship Equip reaches 1000th order for its SEVSAT system
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Ship Equip has reached an important milestone in staking its claim as the world’s fastest growing provider of maritime broadband communications, announcing the 1000th order for its SEVSAT system. The increasingly popular SEVSAT solution (which stands for Ship Equip VSAT) provides reliable and cost-effective satellite communications for a wide variety of vessels at sea. ... read full story