Electronics & Communications

Raymarine has launched its first autopilot for Volvo Penta IPS at the Schroders London Boat Show last month.

South Africas Olrac has developed a Traceability module at its Scottish-based subsidiary OLRAC-UK which it hopes to sell as an enhancement of its Olfish fisheries management for automated catch traceability down to…

MAQ says its triple frequency sonar is helping Albacore and Benito fishermen detect individual fish at 400m with its 90KHz transducer while Bigeye and Yellowfin fishermen are detecting schools at 1,500m and…

New Zealands Seafood Industry Council (Seafic) and the Crown Crop & Food Research agency have set up Seafood Innovations Ltd to develop the seafood industrys value-added strategy.

Saab TransponderTech has introduced a new, type-approved GPS as an integrated part of the R4 ship AIS transponder system.

Martek Marine (UK) has launched its Crewtrack® man overboard (MOB) alarm/locator system saying it is the most effective on the market with a mechanism to prevent false alarms.

At the SMM exhibition in Hamburg, Xantic displayed a new web-based tool, AMOS Connect Online, which makes it easier for ship managers to manage vessel mailboxes from the office. It can be…

Univan Ship Management, a leading ship management companies, is equiping its fleet with Iridium Satellite systems supplied by provider Horizon Mobile Communications (HMC) in a move to reduce communication costs between ship…

Thrane & Thrane, the worlds leading manufacturer of equipment for mobile satellite communication, has acquired EuroCom Industries (Denmark). EuroCom Industries is a leading supplier of maritime communication equipment for all types of…

Sailor has launched a new portable GMDSS VHF Sailor SP3300 on SMM in Hamburg.