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GMDSS News

Marine Technology International Ltd. (MTIL) has designed a system of simple installation and operation for GMDSS (Global Maritime

Distress and Safety System). Dubbed Solas

Lifeline, the system was recently installed onboard six ships operated by London Ship

Managers.

The company chose to install the pedestal ver- sion of the system using Inmarsat C duplication for area A3 operation on six of its ships. MTIL has earned contracts with companies such as

Bibby Line, Blue Star, BP, British Steel, Esso,

Fred Olsen, Furness Withy, Geest Line,

Safmarine and Shell Tankers.

RTM Star Center has installed an advanced

Poseidon GMDSS simulation training laborato- ry. The GMDSS course prepares students for

Element 7 of the Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) exam. "Sailing officers who train with us will use the type of instruments that are aboard today's ships," said Brian

Long, director of the Star Center, Fort

Lauderdale, the Florida maritime training, simulation and research center. The GMDSS simulation training includes the following instruments: VHF (radio telephone); VHF (DSC controller/receiver); HF/MF (radio tele- phone and radio telex); NAVTEX; 2182 kHz (watch receiver); Inmarsat A; and Inmarsat C.

ICS Electronics Ltd. of Arundel, West Sussex, has achieved full type approval for its DCS-2 modular GMDSS DSC and Radio Telex System according to the latest international standards.

Among major initial success for the new ICS

DSC-2 system are decisions by the U.K. Royal

Navy to use the system to upgrade all of its fighting ships and all M.D. support vessels for

GMDSS and decisions by the Chilean

Directorate of Maritime Territories and

Merchant Marine to re-equip coast radio sta- tions along all of its 4,500-km coastline for

GMDSS distress working.

Deliveries to both the Royal Navy and Chilean authorities are scheduled to take place by the end of this year. Many marine training centers are also using the DSC-2 system for GOC oper- ator training.

In addition, ICS has developed coast radio station systems and vessel-based DSC transponders to the new ITU-R 825 VTS vessel location system standard.

ICS has recently tripled the size of its manu- facturing facility, with automated, surface- mounted electronic production underway.

Colombian Maritime

Company Appointed By

IMSSCO

On November 1, Ana Maria

Soto B., president of Sertecmar

Ltda., Buenaventura, Colombia, signed the Colombian exclusive

Maverick Foam Vest System (MFVS) distribution with Mary

Richman, owner of International

Marine Supply & Service

Company, (IMSSCO) in San Diego,

Calif. " .. What makes this so unique is our common goal to assist ship's in complying with the technical regulations of SOLAS

Part II-2 Fire Fighting

Equipment," said Ms. Richman.

Capt. Ira S. Richman comment- ed, "Classification Societies play a major role in ship's fire fighting safety because under SOLAS, they have the power of enforcement, i.e., they can withdraw a ship's

Safety Certificate for lack of com- pliance. One major problem that we have noticed in our ship sur- veys is that just because a piece of fire fighting equipment is painted red and is accepted by some administration does not necessari- ly mean that this equipment will work, no less comply with the min- imum technical operating ranges."

The MFVS is accepted per

SOLAS by the USCG, Canadian

Coast Guard, Panama, Liberia,

Malaysia, Vanatu, and Germany; and type approved by ABS and

Germanischer Lloyd. In addition,

UL has listed the MF Nozzel BR- 95, thereby complying with NFPA and British Standards for low expansion foam application.

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ABS' SafeHull Passes 100-Ship Milestone

ABS has passed the 100-ship milestone for newbuildings designed and constructed to its advanced SafeHull system. The first SafeHull ship, the 129,000- dwt shuttle tanker Heidrun, was delivered by Samsung in 1994.

Comprising tankers, bulk carriers and containerships, the contracted

SafeHull newbuildings total more than 10 million dwt.

ABS is currently conducting final pre-release testing on the latest version of the ABS SafeHull sys- tem. This will offer Windows com- patibility, greater operational flexi- bility, easier integration with workstations and CAD and FEA programs used by many shipyards, as well as detailed applications for containerships.

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