Simrad, owned by Navico - the world’s largest marine electronics company - announced this week that its professional-grade autopilot system, the Simrad AP80, received "Best Autopilot" in this year’s National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Product Awards. Continuing a long-standing tradition as an industry favorite, the honor represents the 43rd NMEA … [Read more...]
Simrad Installed On African Illegal Fishing Patrol Boats
Pete Bethune's new amphibious vessel, christened "Sealegs", was launched in Auckland on April 20. Equipped with a full suite of electronics including the Simrad NSS Multifunction Display, 4G Broadband Radar and Structurescan the boat will be deployed in fisheries patrols off the west coast of Africa. "The Simrad navigation package is ideal for a small patrol vessel such as … [Read more...]
Panbo Reviews Simrad 4G Radar
The excellent marine electronics blog Panbo has reviewed Simrad's new 4G broadband radar. They write: In my view, 4G truly is a significant upgrade from the original BR24 and its 3G successor. It does have more power, better range, and better horizontal resolution. Higher possible automated rotation speed will no doubt improve close-in tracking of fast targets (I only got … [Read more...]
Simrad IMO Approved HSC Argus Radar system to guide Baltic Passenger Vessels
Baltic Marine Group installs ground breaking Simrad Argus Radar on Baltic Workboats passenger vessel. The Simrad HSC ARGUS is to be the latest system from the Professional Series to be fitted to the 24m Passenger Catamaran built by Baltic Workboats. The Baltic vessel also has a full complement of Simrad systems including a Simrad CS68 ECDIS, an AP80 autopilot with … [Read more...]
The Best Boating Radar For Professionals
What happens when the radar stops rotating? In the case of new radar technology the answer is better picture quality and navigation. Simrad, Raymarine and Garmin radar interfaces. During the past 12 months gCaptain has extensively tested three radar systems, each utilizing a radar antenna and a multifunction display (aka. MFD or chartplotter - the unit that displays the … [Read more...]
High Tech Equipment Unveils Ancient Sunken Islands in the Depths Off Australia
(University of Sydney) In the remote waters of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth, scientists have just discovered two sunken islands, almost the size of Tasmania, which were once part of the supercontinent Gondwana. "The data collected on the voyage could significantly change our understanding of the way in which India, Australia and Antarctica broke off from Gondwana," … [Read more...]
Ship AIS Tracking Via Satellite
Kongsberg Simrad announced a partnership with Norway to bring Automatic Identification System, AIS, ship tracking beyond its current line of sight (approximately 40 mile) range. With a target date of 2009 this capability will extend government and shipowner's capabilities to manage ships in the region. Kongsberg tells us: … [Read more...]