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14 Jul 2019

Maritime Cyber Alert

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For some years now, the maritime sector has experienced breaches of various computer and information technology (IT) systems. Primarily, these breaches have been collateral damage. The maritime sector has almost never been the intended target. That does not mean that the damage has been minor. In June 2017, A.P. Moller-Maersk suffered a major cyber-attack. The malware had been designed by Russian hackers to disrupt the Ukrainian power sector. Once released, though, it proved to be indiscriminate, infecting IT systems worldwide that had not been kept up to date. In the case of A.P.

11 Nov 2011

Livorsi Showcases GPS Pulse Antenna

For Use With Any Electronic Automotive Speedometer With 8K or 16K Pulse Signal. Convert your electronic speedometer into a GPS speedometer with this GPS Pulse Antenna. The antenna receives GPS satellite signals and outputs the information to 8,000 or 16,000 pulse signal to your existing speedometer. This antenna eliminates connections to the transmission or the need to calibrate to your vehicles tire size. This fast update antenna receives signals 10Hz (10 per second) driving your speedometer to display your true speed (no pointer lag).

03 Mar 2010

ClearView Oil-Water Discharge Solution

So far this year more than 18 countries have signed up to the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enforce Marpol pollution regulations. Last month the EU voted to criminalize pollution offences closing the net on this area of maritime pollution. Under these new policies overboard spillage of oil has led to penalties for first time offenders that include custodial sentencing of senior officers and shore based personnel in addition to fines running into many millions of dollars. According to U.S. Attorney’s published statistics violation of MARPOL I,the U.S.