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OSI: ECDIS Pioneer Predicts Retrofit

Market To Provide Big Business

Offshore Systems International avoidance, is a leader in Electronic Chard Regarding market potential,

Display and Information Systems OSI's Helmut Lanziner points out (ECDIS) technology, providing the that the product is well suited for marine industry with leading edge the retrofit market. "We see the technology which meets the needs retrofit market as much larger of the mariner. Specifically, ECDIS than the newbuild. The system is has emerged as a new aid to mar- developed to work with virtualy itime navigation with significant any type of radar system." Mr. benefits in terms of piloting and Lanziner has also noticed that the safety. It is expected that the IMO shipping community has become will this month adopt ECDIS as a more receptive to new technologies, worldwide standard for electronic as owners and operators realize the ship navigation. bottom line potential. He said that

Since 1980, the company has as the equipment becomes more developed three generations of widely accepted, and as authorities integrated navigation systems, allow ships equipped with ECDIS with Electronic Chart Precise to operate in reduced visibility con-

Integrated Navigation System ditions, the "time is money" factor (ECPINS) being the latest, and will help over rule most qualms most successful. ECPINS is a real- about new technology time geographic information sys- OSI recently announced orders tem capable of integrating radio for ECPINS systems from August navigation (e.g. GPS, DGPS, through September, 1995, totalled

Loran), depth sounder, gyrocom- 22, from a variety of clients, includ- pass, radar and electronic chart ing the company's largest sale ever, into one display. As a navigation 10 ECPINS systems to American system, ECPINS also displays such Steamship Co. of New York, information as cross-track dis- Canada Steamship Lines of tance, course-made-good, speed- Montreal was the first company in over-round and time-to-go. The the world to install ECDIS on its real power of the new systems lie in entire fleet. Another prestigious its capability to integrate all navi- contract was to supply four gation sensors necessary for all ECPINS to Marinette Marine Corp. aspects of safe piloting and maneu- for supply on the Juniper and vering. When ECDIS and Keeper Class U.S. Coast Guard radar/ARPA are integrated onto a ships. The first of the Juniper class single display, they provide a dual was launched in June, function system that can be used For more information on OSI both for navigation and collision Circle 199 on Reader Service Card

New Ship To Be Christened

In New Orleans

Panalpina World Transport Ltd. announced the christening of its newest cargo ship, the MV African

Star 2, will take place in late

November. The vessel, built by

Trinity Marine Group at its

Equitable Shipyard in New

Orleans, is a high-speed, multi- purpose ship that will be put in

Panalpina's active African Star service. "We chose to build the

African Star 2 in the United States because the technology, delivery and price we were looking for were just better here than at alternative shipyards," said Hans Togg- weiler, executive vice president,

Panapina USA.

Brooks Appointed

VP For ACBL

American Commercial Barge

Line Co., Jeffersonville, Ind., announced that Stephen J.

Brooks was named assistant vice president of sales. In his new posi- tion, Mr. Brooks will be responsi- ble for the management of the

Bulk, Steel, and Coal departments.

IMO: Need For Emphasis

On Ship Safety

At World Maritime Day IMO

Secretary General William A.

O'Neil delivered his annual mes- sage to the maritime community, calling for a change in attitude towards ship safety. "The difficult economic conditions of the last two decades have discouraged ship- owners from ordering new tonnage and there is evidence that, in some cases, the maintenance of vessels has suffered. The combination of age and poor maintenance has obvious safety implications ...

Recently there has been a disturb- ing rise in accidents and our fear is that, if nothing is done, the progress we have diligently fought for over the last few decades will be lost," said Mr. O'Neil.

Ingalls Christens Ninth

Destroyer

The ninth DDG 51 Class Aegis guided missile destroyer to be built by Ingalls Shipbuilding division of

Litton Industries was christened

Milius in ceremonies at Ingalls.

Serving as Ship's Sponsor was

Annette Milius, daughter of the ship's namesake, Navy pilot

Captain Paul L. Milius, who was lost in action over Laos in 1968.

ASRY Gains ISO 9002

Certification

The management of the Arab

Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Co. (ASRY) in Bahrain announced that

DNV completed the final audit of all aspects of the yard, which was recommended for ISO 9002 certifi- cation. ASRY is the first major yard in the Arabian Gulf to com- plete the ISO 9002 certification procedure. The yard recently announced an $87 million expan- sion program aimed at increasing berth space, as well as facilities for carrying out major repair and con- version projects.

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