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Hydrosphere to attend Seawork International Exhibition 2017
This 13-15th June, Hydrosphere, the UK and Ireland’s leading supplier of aids to navigation, will be attending the Seawork 2017 Commercial Marine and Workboat Exhibition and Conference. Exhibiting for their [...]
Technology is Powering a Brighter Future
When the first early man lit a fire on a cliff to warn mariners that they were approaching land, he could have little imagined how this one small act would [...]
Navigating Around the Marine Renewable Energy Sector
With a number of new developments and investment announced in recent years, the UK marine renewable energy sector is an exciting place to be. Offshore wind farms are no longer [...]
TLC for your Navigation Aids – Repair and Maintenance Advice
Typically there are two types of maintenance undertaken by companies like Hydrosphere: Casualty Response and Planned Maintenance. The first is something most harbour masters would like to avoid – an [...]
Navigation Lights: Should You Replace Like For Like?
When your navigation lights need replacing do you just call up a supplier and order an identical replacement? While your old system may have served you well, advances in technology [...]
Moorings, Not Just A Length Of Chain
The definition of a mooring is to “fix firmly, and secure”, so why does this seemingly simple task often go wrong? There are numerous incidents of buoys coming loose from [...]