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Shell Offers New Marine

Communications Package

Shell Marine Products, Shell's global supplier of marine fuels, lubricants and services, has launched a new low cost communi- cations and service package for the marine industry, called SMP

World. The system has been designed to help ship operators reduce the cost of communications from their ships, but can also be installed and used in shore offices.

Communications are made through the Internet or by linking to a Shell computer server. Data files transmitted can include docu-

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Shell's RLA OPICA used oil analy- sis software. Depending upon the specific circumstances, Shell

Marine estimated that cost savings in excess of 20 percent are possible when SMP World is compared to certain other ship board communi- cation systems.

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Aker Wins $60.6M Order

Aker Maritime ASA won a con- tract from Esso Norway worth $20.2 million annually over three years. The contract is for the maintenance of installations in the

Jotun and Balder fields in the

Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

Transas Now Offers Liquid

Cargo Handling Simulators

Transas has completed develop- ment of two types of Liquid Cargo

Handling Simulator: "Oil Tanker" is specifically designed for the training of person- nel responsible for cargo opera- tions on Crude Carriers and

Product Carriers; and "Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Carrier" is for the the comprehen-

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LR To Issue Marine

Equipment Directive

Lloyd's Register (LR) and

Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance

Ltd. (LRQA) have been appointed by the U.K.'s Maritime and

Coastguard Agency (MCA) to certi- fy equipment under the EC's

Marine Equipment Directive.

Stratos Partners With Litton

Stratos and Litton Marine

Systems have signed a contract making Litton an official distribu- tor of Stratos' multi-network mobile satellite products and ser- vices. Litton Marine will now offer its customers around the world

Stratos' new handheld global

Iridium satellite voice and paging products and services, in addition to global Inmarsat, MarineSat and

LandSat products and services.

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GL Ranked Fourth Largest

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) announced that its core ship classi- fication activities grew by 19 per- cent in 1997. Worldwide, 4,664 seagoing ships of 26.6 million GT were in GL class at the end of 1997, representing a 12 per- cent increase in tonnage over the previous year. A member of GL's execu- tive board, Rainer

Schoendube, said, "Reckoned by the num- ber of ships classed of over 300 GT, GL is now the fourth largest classi- fication society." Mr.

Schoendube also said that GL held nearly 50% of worldwide container- ship orders by number at the end of 1997.

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