Electronics & Communication – Page 9

  • The Smartfind M5 AIS Class A Transponder
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    McMurdo launches Smartfind M5 AIS Class A Transponder

    2013-06-10T12:28:00Z

    McMurdo has announced that Smartfind M5 AIS Class A Transponder is now available.

  • News

    New video telemedicine initiative

    2013-06-10T11:35:00Z

    Software developer Diginonymous LLC and the Maritime Medical Access Program at The George Washington University (GWU) Medical Faculty Associates have teamed up to offer an advanced shipboard video telemedicine service for the international maritime industry.

  • News

    New combined ECDIS and VSAT service

    2013-06-06T16:49:00Z

    Maritime technology specialist MARIS and Orange Business Services have joined forces to deliver Electronic Chart Display Information Systems (ECDIS) and maritime digital services directly to navigators.

  • Scanmar’s new clump sensor
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    Scanmar launches SS4 clump sensor

    2013-05-28T13:55:00Z

    This summer Scanmar is launching a new clump sensor in the SS4 sensor generation, providing 100% accurate distance measurements between the clump(s) and both trawl doors.

  • The new VMS will improve AFMA’s ability to monitor vessels in real time. Credit: Nick-D/CC BY-SA 3.0
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    New VMS system for AFMA

    2013-04-17T11:45:00Z

    The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is moving to a new web-based vessel monitoring system (VMS).

  • eSonar has broadened its horizons
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    Canadian company making waves in sonar technology

    2013-04-15T20:17:00Z

    Canada’s eSonar Inc, an underwater sonar service, development and manufacturing company, has been developing state-of-the-art sonar equipment for a diverse market.

  • News

    Globalstar distribution deal with AST

    2013-04-15T20:05:00Z

    Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd. has signed an authorised distribution agreement with Applied Satellite Technology Ltd (AST), one of the world’s leading providers of satellite communication products and services.

  • BlueTraker VMS
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    BlueTraker® VMS receives Indonesian Type Approval

    2013-04-15T19:56:00Z

    EMA Group’s BlueTraker® VMS fisheries monitoring satellite terminals have received Type Approval from the Indonesian Directorate General of Resources and Equipment, allowing sales and installations throughout the Republic of Indonesia.

  • News

    SRT wins Middle East order

    2013-04-14T19:38:00Z

    Software Radio Technology (SRT) has received an order and initial payment for 500 of its Identifier vessel tracking transceivers.

  • News

    Intellian launches antenna range

    2013-04-09T19:32:00Z

    Inmarsat manufacturing partner Intellian Technologies has designed three new marine antennas to support FleetBroadband.

  • The 8m long, oil filled array, houses eight omni-directional identical hydrophones. The array is designed to be deployed to depths of 100m
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    IMR project to study fish reactions to sound

    2013-04-04T14:02:00Z

    A research project being carried out by the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen to map the sound field inside a fish pen at Austevoll is using three 8m long, active hydrophone arrays designed by Chelsea Technologies Group Ltd.

  • News

    DigitalGlobe and Geoeye merge

    2013-02-12T17:01:00Z

    DigitalGlobe, Inc. and GeoEye, Inc. announced the completion of their merger at the end of January.

  • News

    SRT to provide AIS to India

    2013-02-12T10:47:00Z

    Software Radio Technology Plc (SRT) has received an order for 500 Identifiers from its Indian customer, to be delivered before the end of April this year.

  • Following a successful trial, Chinese fishing vessels will be using Beam terminals for satellite communications
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    Chinese order worth $1m for Beam

    2013-02-12T10:23:00Z

    Following a successful trial and acceptance of its technology, Beam Communications Pty Ltd has received a US$1m order from Beijing Marine Communications & Navigation Company (MCN) for the supply of Beam Inmarsat marine satellite terminals.

  • The BlueTraker VMS Terminal. Photo: Bluetraker.com
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    AST-EMA consortium receives type approval

    2013-02-07T16:24:00Z

    After winning the UK fisheries tender for new the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and Electronic Reporting System (ERS), based on the BlueTraker® VMS, the AST-EMA consortium has been awarded type approval.

  • MarineCommander offers a multitude of solutions for boat owners
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    Icom UK launches MarineCommander

    2013-02-07T14:15:00Z

    Icom UK has launched the MarineCommander, a navigation system which offers a multitude of solutions for boat owners giving the opportunity to ‘connect’ compatible VHF radios, AIS transponders, radar and/or fish finders.

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    Top albacore boat credits WESMAR sonar

    2013-02-07T14:02:00Z

    The top albacore boat in the Pacific last year used a WESMAR HD860 electronically stabilised sonar, and the owner credits his WESMAR sonar and the captain of his boat with their success.

  • Simrad ME70 update provides greater accuracy and operating range
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    Extensive updates for Simrad echo sounder

    2013-02-05T16:46:00Z

    Simrad has released a significant update for its ME70 Scientific Multibeam Echo Sounder.

  • Ocean Quest
    News

    Kaijo sonar “best of the bunch”

    2012-10-16T16:53:00Z

    Alex West and Michael Tait, owners of Ocean Quest, decided to install the fully stabilised Kaijo KCS-3885Z 94Khz to provide them with long range detection as well as high target definition, particularly when fishing mackerel.

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    WESMAR sonar finds renewed fish stocks

    2012-10-08T20:13:00Z

    Scientists and researchers have been working together, using WESMAR sonar, to determine whether fish stocks have been replenished after a three year closure of fishing in Lake Kinneret, also called the Sea of Galilee, Israel’s largest lake.