When a guard rail gave way, plunging a 54-year-old sailor into the cold spring waters of the Solent in April, the rapid automatic activation of his Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1 sounded an alarm aboard his boat, alerting fellow crew members, while the display of his position on a chartplotter aided a speedy recovery.

The owners of 70ft Kingsley barge Sacred are recommending electric propulsion to other boaters after their first-hand experience of life on-board with the latest technology supplied by Fischer Panda UK.

FLIR is pleased to announce the addition of Yamaha Command Link and Command Link Plus integration into Raymarine’s family of Axiom® multifunction displays.

Tom Edwards has been named as ChartCo’s new Head of Procurement, and takes on the responsibility for global purchasing on behalf of ChartCo and its associated offices in this newly created role.

The YANMAR engine-powered IC37 by Melges is set for the much-anticipated launch of its inaugural season of racing this summer, with initial demand indicating that the success of the burgeoning new class will build with the on-going international delivery of the innovative one-design racer.

Kongsberg Maritime has formed a partnership with DOF, SINTEF Ocean and NORCE, which aims to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for complex offshore operations, while streamlining fleet-wide maintenance.

ChartCo, the global leader in digital navigation services and voyage compliance solutions, is pleased to announce that it will now be supplying the entire Carnival Cruise Line fleet with its benchmark regulation management solution, Regs4ships

Intellian, the global leader of mobile satellite communication antenna systems, is unveiling an all new 1m Global Xpress terminal, GX100NX at the Intellian Asia-Pacific Partner Event being held tomorrow in Seoul, Korea.

VDAB, the Flemish Service for Employment and Vocational Training, has chosen a unique dredging simulator developed by KONGSBERG on its state-of-the-art K-Sim Navigation technology platform.

The world’s first 2.4 meter tri-band and multi-orbit maritime VSAT antenna system, the Intellian v240MT, has won Via Satellite’s inaugural Satellite Technology of the Year Award.