Equipment

Jeppesen Norway, part of Boeing, says that it has launched a new resource for the maritime industry, to help shipping companies prepare for the IMO’s mandatory carriage requirements for ECDIS and e-Navigation…

Kelvin Hughes reports that among the latest installations of its integrated bridge equipment is a system onboard the 107m Austal-built catamaran Jean De La Valette, which is due to enter service with…

Michiel Meijer, maritime marketing manager for Stratos Global, and a former officer on merchant and Dutch naval ships, looks at the benefits of onboard broadband from the various platforms.

KVH provides communications equipment operating on both the Inmarsat and VSAT networks, and its latest Inmarsat FleetBroadband offering was presented to the commercial marine market at the Seawork 2010 exhibition, by UK…

The recent SMM exhibition in Hamburg saw the launch of a new GMDSS system from Thrane & Thrane, known as the Sailor 6000 GMDSS series. The system is designed for flexibility, with…

The growing possibilities for using electronic communication onboard ships have received a boost from ClassNK, which has produced some timely guidelines for shipboard wireless LAN (local area network) systems.