Marine automation & electrical instrument spares
Main switchboard and control console components, valve remote control and remote sounding, fire detection and alarm, internal communication, water ingress alarms and marine cable — the category we know best, with stock for the items that stop a vessel.
Why automation is a different sourcing problem
An automation spare is rarely a commodity: the same function has a dozen maker-specific implementations, and a wrong card or a wrong firmware revision can look like a correct one until it is plugged in. This is where a specialist earns its margin — reading the drawing, confirming the revision, and knowing which makers supply the Chinese newbuilding programme.
Our maker list for this category includes Kongsberg, Siemens, HOYER, HYUNDAI, DEIF, SAIERNICO and ABB for switchboard and console equipment; PLEIGER, EMERSON and RONGDE for valve remote control and remote sounding; Consilium, TYCO, HUAYAN and KEXUN for fire detection; Gitiess, IMCOS and MRC for internal communication. Frequently requested items are held in stock.
Send a photo, not just a part number
For cards, modules and panels, a photo of the nameplate plus the rack position resolves most ambiguity faster than a part number alone — makers change numbering across revisions and Chinese-built tonnage often carries a regional variant. If you have the ship’s automation drawing, send the relevant page; that is the fastest path we have to a correct quote.
What we can do beyond the part
- Cross-reference an obsolete module to a current equivalent, stating what changes.
- Supply complete panels and consoles where the individual parts are no longer available.
- Arrange commissioning or technical attendance in Chinese ports and yards.
What we can quote for you
- Switchboard & consoles — main switchboard and control console components, protection relays, meters, UPS and transformers.
- Valve remote control — Pleiger / Emerson / Rongde actuators, control cards, remote sounding systems.
- Safety — fire detection panels, detectors, call points, water ingress alarm sensors, CO₂ release components.
- Communication & navigation — internal communication and entertainment spares, radar/GPS/AIS/GMDSS bridge equipment spares, lighting and fittings.
- Cable — marine cable of all types with class certificate.
Brand and model names are used only to identify equipment compatibility. We are not an authorised distributor of these makers unless expressly stated; equivalents are always confirmed with you before quoting.
Frequently asked questions
Can you supply obsolete automation modules?
Often yes — either new old stock, repair, or a cross-referenced equivalent. We state which of the three it is in the quotation; we do not substitute silently.
Do you have stock, or is everything made to order?
Frequently requested switchboard components, valve remote control cards, fire detection devices and communication spares are held as buffer stock. The rest is sourced per order.
Can you attend the vessel in a Chinese port?
Yes — technical attendance and commissioning support in Chinese ports and yards can be arranged together with the part when the job needs it.
Related supply areas
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