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54Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Synthetic Rope for Regional Cabled Ocean Observatory Yale Cordage an- nounced its Unitrex XS Max Wear Rope was selected by L-3 MariPro Inc. for usein the University of Washington's (UW) Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) proj-ect. Yale's Unitrex XS Max Wear Rope, a high-tech cousin of Yale?s Uniline Rope, is a parallel- cored synthetic cable. The rope is con- structed of Spectra core fiber modulus, wrapped with a protective layer of neo- prene tape and over-braided with a tough jacket of high tenacity polyester for superior lightweight strength, re-siliency and resistance to stretch. Specifically, the undersea application requires a high strength, lightweight linewith continuous length capabilities suit-able for use on cable ship drum cap-stans. The university's RSN primary infrastructure network consists of a sin- gle shore observatory in Oregon, and in- cludes two cable lines with nearly 800km of fiber-optic cable and seven primary science nodes on the southernportion of the Juan de Fuca tectonicplate in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Voith: Major Order for Offshore Brazil Voith received a major order for the delivery of 60 variable-speed planetary gears type "Vorecon." The Vorecons will enter service in offshore production on the oil fields on the huge pre-salt cluster in the Atlantic approximately 300 km outside Rio de Janeiro. The op- erator is a consortium led by the Brazil-ian mineral oil group Petrobras.Production of the first Vorecon at Voith in Crailsheim is already underway. Imtech Marine Starts Ops in Brazil Imtech Marine recently opened an of-fice in Santo, Brazil, establishing its own presence in the South American market. It is in line with Imtech Ma- rine?s strategy to extend its service net- work to all major ports in the world. Santos will soon be followed by a new office in Rio de Janeiro. ?We have a true global presence and are 'just around thecorner' for many shipping companies with our 90 plus offices,? said Eric van den Adel, Managing Director, Imtech Marine. ?We are proud to have added Brazil to our global map.? SpecTec Grow in the Middle East SpecTec signed its first contract with Mubarak Marine LLC, a contract for thesupply of AMOS2 Software. It includes one full office installation for the Mubarak Marine?s headquarter in Dubai and five Vessel installations. The soft- ware is expected to be installed onboard five Offshore Tugs vessels, in order to reduce operational complexity related to the Planning Maintenance System, helpdecrease the costs of the Procurementactions and give the due IT support to Dry Dock operations. Database consul-tancy is to be provided by the technical staff of SpecTec in the Middle East. Mubarak Marine is a marine servicesorganization based in Dubai providing services such as Offshore Towing, Sal- vage, Port Operations, Heavy Lift, Emergency Rescue and Response. The company offers a variety of vessels to suit the ever-growing needs of client base in the Middle East and beyond. From inception, Mubarak Marine fleethas grown to a great thirty three vessels and many new additions are scheduled for the rest of current year. Drydocks World, ABB: Cooperation Agreement Reached ABB Turbocharging will now have a dedicated service point for ABB tur- bochargers in the Drydocks World fa- cility in Dubai. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed at the SMM in Hamburg. DNV?s Hull Integrity System Integrated with AMOSDNV and AMOS system supplier SpecTec have launched an all-in-one planned inspection and maintenancesystem for ship structures. AMOS is a system that crew and management are already familiar with, and in combina- tion with DNV?s Hull Integrity Man- agement system, the software?s accessibility further simplifies inspec- tion planning, reporting and monitoring.The new combined application uses the DNV vessel-specific hull inspection forms and procedures that come as partof the Hull Integrity Management (HIM) system. The easy-to-use software has unique 3D inspection and reportingfunctionality that helps with the earlydetection of defects so they can be dealt with before they lead to costly off-hire time. HIM adds a further dimension tothe AMOS planned maintenance system which supports tasks such as mainte-nance, efficient spare parts logistics and the production of quality and safetydocumentation. A vessel structure model is established in the AMOS com- ponent hierarchy, and it is combined with HIM?s vessel-specific hull inspec- tion information and any diagrams showing areas that require special at- tention.NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES PutnamMR#10 (50-56):MR Template 10/5/2012 9:57 AM Page 54