The new Trinity House rapid intervention vessel Alert, which entered service last month, has been equipped with an integrated bridge system supplied by Northrop Grumman Corporation. Alert was built at...

Kongsberg Maritime has delivered the first K-Bridge consoles in its contract to supply Bridge, Cargo, Integrated Automation Systems and Integrated Navigation Systems to four vessels in production at Samsung and...

This year's All-Energy '07, the seventh in the annual series, will be held on 23rd and 24th May 2007 in Aberdeen (Scotland) and promises to be successful. Over 250 companies...

Transas Europe delivered a dual Navi-Sailor 3100 ECDIS-System and an AIS-Transponder on board the German Navy Sail Training Ship Gorch Fock. The installation took place under the umbrella of the...

The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) has issued a contract to Kongsberg Maritime for the delivery of a Full Mission Ship Handling Simulator and a Full Mission Engine Room...

Narrow tidal channels often provide challenges to shipping. Reliable charting of tidal-stream flow is important for safety. Acoustic Doppler current-profiler (ADCP) survey is now a commonplace method of charting tidal...

Within the last twenty years Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers have revolutionised navigation. Integrated devices are capable of providing time, position, height, direction, heave and attitude to accuracies of a...

After World War II, ship owners pressured the New Zealand Government to resume charting of coastal waters by the Royal Navy. Ships were now larger and most charts were a...

The reasons for GPS vulnerability due to interference are explained and reasons behind the system being designed as it is today discussed. In addition, consideration is given to why some...

Nearshore engineering surveys are undertaken for the purpose of gathering information pertaining to the bathymetry and morphology of the seabed, along with the geotechnical characteristics and geophysical profiles of the...