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The Navigator, a free magazine issued by The Nautical Institute for professional marine navigators, has included in Issue 08 ten key aspects to bear in mind next time youre on duty on the bridge

Iridium Communications Inc. and FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. have announced a strategic partnership in which Furuno will be marketing Iridium satellite services and products initially in Japan.

Lessons from UK MAIB's Marine Accident Reports The UK MAIB has recently issued the first Safety Digest for this year which includes lessons learnt from maritime accidents.One case draws the attention on checking the passage plan without rely only on ECDIS and ensuring that navigational equipment is effectiveThe AccidentOn a calm and clear night a modern, well equipped tanker was heading through a busy coastal traffic separation scheme. To the OOW and lookout, everything on the bridge seemed normal. The OOW was sitting in the bridge chair, where he could see the radar display and the ship's ECDIS. He was following the route shown on the ECDIS display and he adjusted the ship's heading whenever necessary to keep on track.Unexpectedly, the ship's speed reduced to zero and soon afterwards an engineering alarm sounded. Assessing that there was a problem with propulsion, the OOW phoned the second engineer and asked him to check the engines.The second engineer called the bridge back and confirmed that power was available on the starboard engine, so the OOW applied power using the starboard control lever. But the ship still did not move. The OOW also called the captain to explain that propulsion had failed in ...

P&O Ferries and MTN Communications (MTN) have announced the delivery of high-performance internet connectivity and access to online content through the first Wi-Fi hot spot on the English Channel.

New issue of The Navigator focuses on communication onboard

Inmarsat announced its enhanced Maritime product roadmap for Inmarsat's Global Xpress network

Carnival Corporation unveiled a new industry-first wireless network

After launching its Terrestrial Broadband Network (TBN) just more than one year ago, MTN Communications (MTN) announced the number of TBN-connected cruise ships has doubled and covered regions have tripled.

MTN announces it has expanded its communications and content business through maritime operators in Europe

According to survey conducted by Futurenautics, InterManager, ISWAN, PTC, BIMCO & CrewToo Comprehensive survey of seafarers by Futurenautics Research in association with InterManager, ISWAN, PTC, BIMCO and CrewToo finds access is an improving picture, but reveals certain sectors offering far poorer crew communications provision than others, with up to 30% of crew in some without access to a telephoneData allows ship operators to understand and benchmark provision across sectors and age groups; offers insight for suppliers into the changing requirements, habits and spending power of seafarers, and gives seafarers themselves the opportunity to have their collective voices heard across the industry. The full report is available to download at the bottom of the page.With almost 3,000 respondents from more than 30 countries the 2014 Crew Communications Survey is the most comprehensive dataset available by which to measure access, costs, usage and future requirements of crew communications. Overall, access to crew communications is an improving picture, but with theMLC2006 now ratified by 61 countries and stipulating 'reasonable' access to communications at 'reasonable' cost, only 56% of seafarers claim to have access to communications facilities either always, or most of the time.Provision varies considerably by sector however, with Container, Bulk and General ...