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NEWSFLASH: SOLAR POWER ENERGY - IT REALLY WORKS!
After 19 months on the water, the solar-powered ship MS Turanor PlanetSolar finished its journey around the globe in the Hercule Harbor in Monaco on May 4.
“We are extremely happy to have achieved this first world tour with solar energy,” the ship’s captain Swiss Raphael Domjan said from the dock. “We have shown that we have the technologies as well as the knowledge to become sustainable and safeguard our blue planet.”
Amanda H. Miller MAY 04, 2012
"A WORD FROM THE BRIDGE"
Based in the National Maritime College of Ireland in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, SEA-Tech provides tactical IT consulting, technical professional services and project management as well as rapid response technical support to the marine sector in Ireland and overseas.
Established in 2005 and operating under the philosophy of “we do I.T. the way you want it done”, we operate as both a prime contractor for research and academic, coastal and marine engineering, yachting, SMEs and as a subcontractor for marine engineering, shipping agents, chandlers, IT vendors, integrators. Our engineering power and consulting are the backbone of successfull projects.
Still we are very different from any other I.T. Company in Ireland. We are IT experts with marine experience, whose primary goal is to serve you, our customer. Sure, other people say this too - but do they really mean it? Do they live it? We do - and our existing clients will tell you so. SEA-Tech has earned a strong reputation for delivering value in line with customer requirements both on land and at sea.
Founder & Director
I first met Dr Raymond Lovett at the begining of my practice, a few years ago. Ray was looking for a marine solution for Belladonna an impressive 37 ft catamaran designed by Jeantot. As one would do he first went looking to the local chandlery. CH Marine have always been refering cases involving marine computerised system. After receiving training from Maxsea in Biarritz in 2007, I started building a professionel interest for navigation software, yet the list of available software was very short. Maxsea was slow taking off in Ireland, it's aimed at Microsft systems only. Ray wanted a Mac system so he would not have to worry, and waste CPU resource with an antivirus. Ray had sat his eyes on MacEnc, for me it was a bit new has the product had only be out for a few month. It took me only a few hours to take in hand this software, it's always a promising sign. But already another far better product was being desined in Florida. Gene A. was thinking out Polar Navy... It would be available in Mac, Windows and Linux flavour, but this is another story...
Message on the wall...
Brian O'Kane, Managing Director in Oak Tree Press
