Marine communications specialist Ocean Signal and VDR manufacturer AMI Marine will introduce a new float-free EPIRB with integrated voyage data recorder (VDR) memory capsule at this year’s SMM in ...

An EPIRB is meant to help rescuers locate you in an emergency. We don’t know if the missing firefighters’ boat had this device onboard. “If you’re offshore and you end up in a situation where you need ...

Starting Feb. 1, 2009, that is exactly what will happen for boaters who have the older-model Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons, which transmit a distress alert on 121.5 MHz or 243 MHz. The ...

A Bundaberg rider says he probably owes his life to a $290 Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon or EPIRB after crashing his Honda 1200X Crossrunner adventure bike in bull dust in north ...

Boaters operating offshore should seriously consider carrying additional equipment beyond the minimum federal requirements. This equipment should include appropriate communications gear, an emergency ...

THE drowning of a young father off the Perth coast has prompted the government to introduce new laws making emergency beacons mandatory on boats. An inquest into the death of Ricardo Madeira da Silva, ...