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NAVTEX (NAVigational TEXt Messages) is an information service which has been introduced by the IMO for commercial shipping and has passed a functional test for the first time in 1977 in Sweden. Already in 1979, NAVTEX was the first NAVTEX transmitter network put into operation by the Baltic Sea states and with Resolution A.617 (15) already part of the GMDSS...
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History More than 43 years ago, on February 22, 1978, the first satellite of the Navstar GPS system was launched into orbit by the United States Space Forces, ushering in a new era of position determination. Originally designed purely for military purposes, civilian use was permitted by order of then U.S. President Ronald Reagan after a Korean Air plane accident...
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A radar system supports safe navigation in uncertain weather and is extremely helpful when you are underway at night, in bad weather or in fog. Objects such as sea marks, pilings, other ships (even without lighting) and even rain fronts and of course the islands and coastlines that you cannot see visually due to the visibility restriction are detected by...
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Towing unmaneuverable ships, boats and yachts is part of the daily business of the nautical breakdown service SeaHelp and is the numerous free services of a SeaHelp membership integrated because technical problems can be solved much better and easier in a marina than on the high seas. Even if the SeaHelp response boats are already well equipped to provide "first...
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Providing jump-start assistance when the on-board battery is discharged is one of the free services included in a SeaHelp membership. Not without reason, as can be seen from the SeaHelp breakdown statistics, because the number of jump-start requests has increased significantly in recent years. A clear distinction should be made between conventional car batteries and on-board batteries on ships, boats...
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This year, not only the owners suffered from this, but also the fuel in the form of diesel plague: due to the corona pandemic, in 2020 many ships remained in winter storage much longer than originally thought. This was literally a food for bacteria, yeasts and filamentous fungi, which were able to spread very well in the diesel tanks. Even...
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The Italian company PME Mare, specialised in mooring technologies since two decades now, has made quite a name for itself in this area. The latest products of the creative minds at PME for leisure skippers: Anchor buoy Grippy Heavy and mooring buoy Clik Easy for anchorage. But which benefits do they really provide? Is their purchase really worth while? Which...
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What does actually happen, if you send out the DJI Mavic 2 Pro with its Hasselblad optics for shooting photos? In fact, the little drone will return with shots that you would not think it would be capable of taking! SeaHelp has tested it and the result even surprised experienced professional photographers. Conclusion: The Mavic 2 Pro can not only...
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Drone flights offer the possibility to preserve holiday memories of the unique Croatian landscape and, of course, of other holiday destinations, for the long term. But the airspace is no longer enough…! The latest must-have: Underwater drones. They are able to dive up to 100 metres deep, supply breath-taking shots of remarkable quality of the seabed and are relatively easy...
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