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…
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
One of the Vigo-based trawlers fishing for squid in Falkland Islands waters is seeing the benefits of having a WASSP F3X multibeam sonar on board. The 83 metre trawler went…
The flexible new sounder system has been developed by Kongsberg and the K-Mate unmanned surface vehicle has only just been unveiled. Developed with flexible capabilities across a range of marine…