BMEA

Customers and members of the British Marine Electronic Association (BMEA) can now keep up to date with the associations activities on three of the most popular social networking sites, Twitter, Linkedin and now Facebook! News stories from the Associations members, industry developments as well as development from the BMEA itself will be posted on all three sites.

A Kannad Marine EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Becaon) has saved the lives of six rowers, who were successfully rescued after activating the beacon when their boat capsized in the middle of the Atlantic.

Actisense will soon be releasing the new EMU-1. The device is a specialised Analogue to NMEA 2000 Interface, designed to operate specifically with engines.

With spring fast approaching, we appreciate our customers will be looking forward to getting back on the water. Nautical charts change continuously so Garmin endeavours to reflect the ever-changing marine landscape in our BlueChart electronic marine mapping collection.

Latest research from the British Marine Federation shows there has been a slight reduction in trends for the leisure, superyacht and small commercial marine industry in the face of a weak economy but it continues to hold firm.

Kannad Marine has been announced as the overall winner of the 2012 Pittman Innovation Awards for its revolutionary SafeLink R10 SRS.These annual awards, presented by US magazine ‘SAIL’, honour the most innovative and interesting new products on the market. Recognised as the safety category winner, the SafeLink R10 has also been selected as the overall winner from the 15 new sailing products that won an award.

The British Marine Electronic Association (BMEA), one of the largest and most proactive associations within the British Marine Federation (BMF) publishes a quaterly new on-line journal called BMEA Direct which features articles about the latest developments in the maritime electronics industry.

Raymarine has launched its new mid and large format e series multifunctional displays. The new e95 and e125 multifunction displays (MFD) follow on from the tremendous acclaim received by the compact e7. The two larger screen options have been eagerly awaited by Raymarine users, looking to enjoy the advanced power, expanded networking, and wireless connectivity of the HybridTouch™ e series, whose technical innovation and intuitive access to information and on-board system control has caught the imagination of boat owners. The two new screen sizes are also set to be available in a non-touch screen display; all the connectivity via button control heralding the new c series.

B&G has been appointed an Official Sponsor by Skandia Team GBR and is supplying a complete suite of electronics for the RIB that will work with the crews to help them prepare for major events in Weymouth and Portland – the venue for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sailing competitions.

Jolyon Martin, the UK RIB and OEM Sales Manager at Raymarine, was announced as the Marine Trades Association’s Personality of the Year at the Awards Dinner held during the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show.