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Barco Offers Line Of ECDIS-Compliant

Monitors

Barco recently announced it has comple- mented its 21-in. ICD 321 ECDIS-compliant display with the ICD 319 (19-in.) and Orion 16 (29-in). Barco's line was created to address the quickly changing environ- mental conditions onboard ships, while providing the required color stabilization and calibration capabilities to accurately ren- der ECDIS colors.

The ICD 319, ICD 321 and Orion 16 all fea- ture ambient light control and quick degauss functions, along with advanced electronic mon- itoring facility

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Wismarer Propeller Links With Schottel

Last year Siemens and Schottel announced the jointly produced SSP Propulsor with power ratings to 30 MW. This year, it was announced that the innovative propulsion system will be produced in Wismar at Wismarer Propeller-und

Maschinenbau GmbH, which was recently acquired by Schottel-Werft from

Dieselmotoren-Werke Rostock (DMR).

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Siemens Automation On Aurora

In building the 76,000-grt Aurora for P&O,

Meyer Werft in Papenburg has outfitted the 885-ft. (270-m) ship with the Siemens make

SIMOS IMAC 55 automation system. This is a fully digital integrated computerized system for open-loop and closed-loop monitoring, alarm and control. It consists of 13 operations sta- tions and controls all engineering systems.

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Restech Extends Safety Line

Restech Norway AS has extended its line of

Pneumatic Line Throwers by introducing three new projectiles to its line-throwing system.

The inflatable life sling projectile is capable of shooting an inflatable safety devise up to 320 ft. (100 m); the rubber tipped projectile is intended as a "boat-to-boat" projectile, accom- plishing its task of securing a line while mini- mizing damage to the recipient boat; and the light stick projectile is designed to be easily vis- ible at night.

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Kamewa Debuts Seven-Blade Impeller

Kamewa introduced a new seven-bladed impeller, designed for the SII waterjet series, recently. The new design reportedly offers sub- stantially reduced pressure pulses, improved cavitation characteristics and the potential to use smaller waterjet units in a number of appli-

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