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GL Revises Rules

The Construction Rules for the hull structures of seagoing ships have been revised by Germanischer Lloyd and adapted to meet changing international requirements. The new construction rules for shipyards apply with immedi- ate effect to all newbuildings contracted after publication of the revised edition.

The new Rules can be downloaded via the Internet from www.gl-group.com.

Wallem Group Expands

In Qingdao, on July 1, 2005, Cosco

Wallem Shipmanagement Co. started providing shipmanangement services to international and PRC owners. The new company is a joint venture of Cosco

Qingdao and Wallem

Shipmamangement in HK. In Kuala

Lumpur, Wallem Shipping (Malaysia)

Sdn Bhd commenced operations on July 1, 2005 and in the process formerly established the Wallem name in

Malaysia. In Jakarta, PT Wallem

Sentosa Shipping Services opened its doors on July 21, 2005 as a shipping company that is eligible to provide com- plete range of shipping services at all ports in Indonesia.

Rotor Gets Chinese Order

Rotor B.V. has a contract with Chinese

OEM's for the delivery of rotor nl elec- tric motors for the construction of nine ships, with an option of another seven ships The ships will be built in Dalian, at the Dalian New Shipyard.

AVT Targets U.S. Market

Advanced Valve Technologies (AVT) appointed Sam Hopkins as North

American sales manager.

He will be based in Houston and can be reached at [email protected]

Callenberg Buys HVAC

Operation from ABB

The Callenberg Group AB signed an agreement with ABB Automation

Technologies AB for the acquisition of

ABB's Gothenburg-based Marine

Ventilation operation.

Konecranes-Munckloader

Wins Contract

KCI Konecranes will supply four

Shipboard Gantry Cranes (Konecranes-

Munckloaders) to Oshima Shipyard in

Japan to be installed onboard vessels ordered by Singaporean shipowner

Masterbulk Pte. Ltd.

The 55,000 dwt vessels will be deliv- ered in 2007 and 2008, and will then be the largest in the world of its type.

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FlowCAM for Ballast

Water Treatment

Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc. sold a FlowCAM particle analyzer to the

U.S. Navy's Naval Research Laboratory in Key West, Fla., to assist it in its work to establish international protocols for measurement and analysis of invasive species, which are transported in the bal- last water tanks of ocean going vessels.

Fluid Imaging Technologies manufac- tures and markets the FlowCAM — a continuous digital imaging particle ana- lyzer.

The unit was originally developed at

Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean

Sciences.

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Kongsberg Touts "One

Solution" Concept

Kongsberg Maritime launched the

Kongsberg System Technology concept at NorShipping in Oslo.

Kongsberg System Technology is seen as key to the company's entire range of integrated sub-systems based on

Kongsberg Maritime solutions for:

Navigation (K-Bridge); Prop and thruster control (K-Thrust);

Dynamic Positioning & Joystick (K-

Pos); Automation (K-Chief); Tank

Gauging (K-Gauge); and, Safety (K-

Safe)

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Pacific Coast Marine

Moves

Pacific Coast Marine, a designer and manufacturer of marine doors, windows and hatches has moved in to a brand new and larger production facility in

Everett, Washington.

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