This April 6th, the annual 406Day campaign is celebrating a decade of raising awareness about 406 MHz beacons. The 10th 406Day highlights how boaters and adventurers can benefit from the new life-saving technology available in the latest next generation devices.
This April 6th, the annual 406Day campaign is celebrating a decade of raising awareness about 406 MHz beacons. The 10th 406Day highlights how boaters and adventurers can benefit from the new life-saving technology available in the latest next generation devices.
Ocean Signal, alongside sister brands ACR Electronics, Inc. and United Moulders Ltd (UML), have announced new appointments to strengthen their sales teams in response to strong global demand for the combined marine safety product portfolio.
As more and more people escape from lockdown to get out of quarantine and onto the water, safety specialist Ocean Signal is reminding boaters during National Safe Boating Week to make sure their vessels are equipped with a properly registered Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) and Personal Locator Beacons (PLB) for crew.
As more and more people escape from lockdown to get out of quarantine and onto the water, safety specialist Ocean Signal is reminding boaters to make sure their vessels are equipped with a properly registered Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) and Personal Locator Beacons (PLB) for crew.
Ocean Signal is backing Clean Jurassic Coast founder Roy Beal as he bids to paddle across sea, rivers, canals and lakes on a solo kayak trip from John O’Groats to Land’s End, starting in May this year.
Ocean Signal has tripled the size of its business footprint to support accelerated growth plans, meet increasing production demands and strengthen the company’s capabilities to launch the next generation of communication and survival products to the market.
Today, on April 6th, UK marine safety specialists Ocean Signal and Ocean Safety are joining forces again to mark the annual 406Day, raising awareness and promoting the benefits of 406 MHz beacons as interest in outdoor recreational activities continues to surge.
A solo sailor has been rescued eight hours after being pitched overboard in rough seas off Australia’s Northern Territory coastline. Southampton-born expat Nigel Fox was located by an Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) aircraft 23 kilometres from his boat after activating the Ocean Signal rescueME PLB1 personal locator beacon attached to his life jacket.
Safety specialist Ocean Signal is highlighting its extended range of EPIRBs (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons) for leisure boat owners and commercial operators looking to enhance safety and meet Australian standards this season.
After three months alone and unassisted at sea, Lia Ditton has set a new women’s world record for rowing solo from San Francisco to Hawaii. The 40-year-old Briton made landfall at 06.10 am 12th September, reaching Waikiki Yacht Club on the island of Oahu in 86 days, 10 hours, 5 minutes and 56 seconds to break Roz Savage’s 2008 record of 100 days.
(July 16, 2020, mid-Pacific Ocean) A month after leaving San Francisco, solo ocean rower Lia Ditton is finally on a southwest trajectory on course for Hawaii after recovering from a terrifying capsize and spending weeks battling currents and winds that took her south.
