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www.marinelink.com MN99PRODUCTSDNV-Approved Condition Monitoring for Offshore Bergen-based company Karsten Moholt is the first in the world to become a DNV(Det Norske Veritas) approved provider of Condition Monitoring Services for mobile offshore units. This represents a significant cost-saving potentialfor the oil and shipping industry. At present, the sector performs maintenance on machinery and components at set intervals, and as a result, excessive or low maintenance is often carried out. Perfectly good parts are replaced, and this costs industry large amounts of money annually. A more flexible maintenance process is achieved, and machinery is only opened up when necessary. The certifi- cation covers all mobile offshore units such as oil installa- tions, FPSOs and will cover standard vessels. www.karstenmoholt.no Perko Pole Mount LED SpotlightLarson Electronics? Magnalight.com has announced the release of a Perko Stanchion Mounted LED light emitter with included Perko Mount and stan- dard red and green running lights. The Magnalight LEDLB-21-S-E 21 Watt LED Spotlight (IP67 rated LED fixture) contains seven 3 watt LEDs and pro- duces 1,750 lumens, creating a light beam capable of reaching 675 feet in length without the wide beam spread normally produced by LED spotlights. A Perko pole mount fixture with attached red and green running lights allows easy installation and removal and works on almost any boat. www.Magnalight.com Metal Detectors Assist Police, DiversRandive is employing under- water metal detectors in theirsearch and salvage operations. The company uses their metaldetector to assist in locatingpipelines, anchors, chains, pro- pellers, and lost metal objects.Recently the company was hired to find an 8 foot wide stainless steel propeller lost from a towboat. Commercial divers are not the only ones using underwater detectors. State Police dive teams in New York, New Jersey, and throughout New England are using the Pulse 8X to locate weapons used in the com- mission of crimes and disposed of in a waterway. www.randive.com / JW Fishers underwater search equip- ment: www.jwfishers.com Tug Malta Chooses Royston for Engine Monitoring Tug Malta is fitting a Royston engine fuel consumption monitor-ing system to its newest tug. Currently under construction, it will be operated with maximumfuel economy, with the enginei sys- tem supplying data from all five diesel engines. The enginei datatak- er will receive and process both digital and analogue data from sensors and flow meters and can be applied to any diesel-powered vessel and works by measuring fuel flow and matching the data with its GPS location. Fuel con- sumption reductions of up to 20 percent have been achieved as the operator continuously calculates a vessel?s ?miles per gallon,? correlating data with activity and speed. www.enginei.co.uk MJP Waterjets Provides Double Control MJP Waterjets has succeed- ed in combining steering andreversing of two jets simulta- neously into a central columnoperating both jets in parallelby means of a single hydraulic control. This new design of the steering and reversing unit called CSUI has beentested on a landing craft withtwo very different operating conditions: Catamaran Mode and Barge Mode and thus called for specific design requirements. Sea trials con- firmed that the vessel is able to operate at the incredible speed of 10 knots in reverse at full load in open seas. Other features include the engine rpm control, which is used for the platform control hydraulics, as well as the intakes, built of GRP in a double mounting to fit the nar-row hull shape. www.mjp.se/ MN#11 (98-105):MN 2011 Layouts 10/27/2011 10:15 AM Page 99