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PRODUCTS

Sea Marshall AU9 Man Overboard Personal Locator

Marine Rescue Technologies released the Sea Marshall

AU9 series of alerts for dive industry, rigs, supply vessels and work boats. The Sea Marshall Maritime Survivor

Locating Devices (MSLD) system is a man over board (MOB) system comprised of an alerting unit(AU) or per- sonal locator beacon (PLB), worn by each crewmember, and a base unit receiver/locator unit installed on the ves- sel. The unit comes in two power options; 100mW and 500mW long range version. The alerts are water-activated and provide an immediate MOB alarm to the crew and precision direction back to the MOB. The alarm only

CG121 MKII and SARfinder also provide an automatic

GPS wave point where the MOB incident first occurred. www.seamarshall-us.com

GMN WebXaccelerator for Ship-to-Shore Comms

Global Marine Networks introduced the GMN webXaccelerator for ship-to-shore and remote communi- cations needs for the commercial fishing, marine trans- port, cruise ships, offshore oil rigs and first-response com- munications coordination markets. The webXaccelerator is a data accelerator and control router that gives users of satellite and other wireless data systems control of their satellite data installations while providing data speeds up to five times faster than uncompressed rates. www.globalmarinenet.com

New Weather Closures Adjust Automatically

Heavy doors and hatches require manpower to close in rough waters. The Weather Closures from Delta "T"

Systems can be remotely shut in the event of bad weather, violent seas and extreme wind or for security purposes.

The units are designed for offshore vessels, workboats, tugs, crew quarters and pump houses. Available in custom sizes to fit any application, the versatile Weather Closures are constructed from marine-grade 6063 aluminum hous- ing with anodized aluminum blades. Lightweight and energy efficient, they feature 24V DC or 110V AC elec- tric actuators, which enable users to remotely open or close the weather closures from the helm or other required locations. www.deltatsystems.com

Magnalight: Offshore Hazardous Location Lighting

Larson Electronics’ magnalight.com announced new additions to its line of offshore LED lighting for haz- ardous locations. New LED lights include the stainless steel HALSS-48-2L-LED and the HALP-48-2L-LED with a corrosion resistant polyester fiberglass blend hous- ing. Finally, the HALSS-TRN-400WMH stainless steel

UL rated Class 1 Division 2,400 watt metal halide flood light rounds out the new offerings for the corrosive, marine and offshore hazardous location environments. www.magnalight.com

Sea Marshall AU9

Magnalight

WebXaccelerator

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