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Global Eagle’s OceanPrime TV

Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: ENT) the World. launched OceanPrime TV, live TV experience designed for the commercial maritime market. OceanPrime TV offers live access to sports, news and other channels.

The service comes with fully encrypted technology on a compact antenna, created by Global Eagle to address crew retention and morale for ships spend- ing many days or weeks at sea. “With the launch of

OceanPrime TV, we allow commercial shipping to im- prove crew morale with a very quick upgrade,” said

Ole Sivertsen, Global Eagle’s SVP Maritime. “By offer- ing live TV programming at sea, experiences on mari- time vessels will be enriched for the (entire) crew.” www.geemedia.com

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UV-LED Tech to Prevent Fouling

AkzoNobel and Royal Philips are teaming to develop a fouling prevention technology which uses ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LED), a solution applied to underwater surfaces to eliminate fouling growth. The two companies are aiming to develop an economically viable solution for underwater fouling prevention, an innovation that integrates UV light-emitting diodes in a protective coating scheme which will allow for the UV light to be emitted from the coating surface, providing the total prevention of biofouling accumulation on the surface of the protected area. Initially, the focus will be on applications for ships, yachts and offshore as- sets. The company will initially market the system, and will consider licensing it out to third parties.

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New Russian Icebreaker

While the U.S. has struggled to fund ice- breaker construction since the 1970s (see “Government Update” on p. 12), Russia continues to dominate the space, punctu- ated with a ceremony on February 3, 2018, in Saint Petersburg naming a new multifunc- tional icebreaking platform supply vessel,

Yevgeny Primakov. The vessel was built by

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, a subsidiary of the

United Shipbuilding Corporation; technical supervision was carried out by the Russian

Maritime Register of Shipping (RS), which assigned the vessel a high ice class – Ice- breaker6. The 3,670 dwt Yevegeny Primakov measures 104.4 x 21m, with a 7.9m draft.

The vessel’s propulsion system is comprised of two Azipod units with a total capacity of 13

MW, allowing it to sail through ice up to 1.5 m thick with a snow cover of up to 20 cm. It also has a large passenger capacity, as Yevgeny

Primakov can normally provide sleeping ac- commodation for 70 (besides her crew), and in the event of an emergency can accommo- date up to 150. www.scf-group.ru

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