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PRODUCTS

New LARS for Unmanned Craft

SOLUSV, a new launch and recov- ery system (LARS) for unmanned craft has been proved in testing off

Norway’s West Coast. Designed as a cost-effective and compact equip- ment ? t for an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and useable with ex-

FCwave Fuel Cell isting davits, the DNV GL-approved

Ballard Power Systems has launched

SOLUSV uses standard H. Hen- what it says is the fuel cell industry’s riksen hooks but deploys a unique ? rst module designed for primary spring-loaded rope drum mounted propulsion power in marine vessels on the USV, tuned for easy connec- such as passenger and car ferries, tion to the fall rope via a special soft river push boats and ? shing boats, link. The low weight and compact as well as stationary electrical power handling system is easy to operate to support hotel and auxiliary loads and offers a plug and play solution.

on cruise ships and other vessels while docked at port (also known as ‘cold ironing’). The FCwave fuel cell product is a 200-kilowatt (kW) modular unit that can be scaled in series up to the multi-megawatt (MW) power level.

Automated Vacuum Mooring

A next generation automated vacuum mooring solution from Cavotec is de- signed to reduce fuel consumption and increase port productivity by sim- plifying and accelerating the mooring

CanPower ESS process. The Swiss-headquartered

Two of the main hurdles facing manufacturer of connection and elec- shipowners wishing to install energy C700 tri? cation solutions for the maritime storage systems (ESS) are the physi- Intellian’s new C700 Iridium Cer- industry launched its MoorMaster cal footprints and the complexity of tus maritime terminal can deliver

NxG with the goal to “revolutionize installation. Sterling PBES says its out-of-the-box uplink speeds of the way ships enter and leave ports,”

CanPower microgrid ESS system 352kbps and downlink speeds of enabling ships to dock in as little as aims to solve both concerns by us- 704kbps by default, with equally 30 seconds. The system comes with ing a self-contained unit, designed impressive low-elevation-angle patented active control technology to easily and inexpensively be lo- RF ef? ciency thanks to its unique and uses a proprietary software al- cated on the top deck or other exte- 12-patch phased array antenna gorithm to eliminate vessel motion rior location of any vessel, alongside technology. It will support three while also increasing system lifetime.

intelligent design to streamline in- high-quality, low-latency phone stallations. CanPower is designed to lines simultaneously; and as a solid- add energy storage to virtually any state antenna with no moving parts vessel, for newbuilds and retro? ts, inside, the C700 is especially ro- without the need for complex de- bust, requiring no scheduled main- sign and build times. tenance over its lifetime.

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