Marport opens up in Scotland
Marport has announced the opening of a new UK office located in Peterhead, which will distribute the full range of Marport catch control and net monitoring products to the UK…
Cyprus chooses Satlink technology to monitor transshipping
A two-year pilot project covers the design and implementation of the monitoring systems on two Cypriot transshipment vessels, and includes support, maintenance, and training of personnel for the management of…
Coastal seiner Einar Erlend makes good use of its Furuno High Frequency Zone FSV-75 sonar for both saithe and mackerel fisheries
Norwegian mackerel season off to an early start
The Norwegian deep sea and coastal purse seiners are looking forward to a different kind of mackerel season this year as catches have to be taken in home waters, and…
JRC and Alphatron Marine launch new autopilot
The collaboration between JRC and Alphatron Marine continues to develop systems to make the marine world safer and more efficient. Together they have developed a new autopilot, the AlphaPilot MFS-VR.…
Francisco J. Barros – known as Pachi – is Marport Spain’s new general manager. Image: Marport
New manager at Marport Spain
Marport has appointed Francisco J. Barros as its new general manager of Marport Spain, based in Vigo. Francisco brings with him fifteen years of experience in the naval electronics sector…
Marport has established a branch in Cape Town
Marport sets up in South Africa
Craig Santer who joined Marport in January this year is now heading the company’s new Cape Town branch, bringing with him fourteen years of experience in the marine electronics industry,…
Alphatron Marine South is supplying complete navigation and communication packages for three new Belgian beam trawlers
Three-beamer Alphatron electronics package
Electronics specialist Alphatron Marine South is to supply complete navigation and communications setups for three new beam trawlers under construction for Belgian owners. The last new beamer built to operate…
Jim Ford runs 50-foot trawler Lisa Ann III from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Image: NOAA
Electronic Monitoring Can Provide Better Data
Massachusetts commercial groundfish fisherman Jim Ford believes electronic monitoring could provide better and more complete data, according to NOAA Greater Atlantic Region port agent Bill Duffy. Jim Ford has been…
Electrónica Rías Bajas (ERB) has a strong reputation for supplying a range of electronic systems for the marine sector
Spanish electronics company ERB becomes part of Satlink
Engineering company Satlink, which specialises in technological systems and developments based on satellite communications, has acquired the company Electrónica Rías Bajas (ERB), a longstanding provider of services around maritime electronics…
Francis Parrott of Notus and Fran West of Seafield Navigation with the Notus Echo at this week’s Skipper Expo in Aberdeen
Finding the sweet spot in every tow
An acoustic detection system developed by Canadian company Notus to enable shrimp trawler skippers to identify where their catches are being caught has been adapted to provide the same advantages…
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