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Integrated Workboat Management Systems Debuts

GlobeOffshore

The Shipboard System

A system touted as the first fully integrated workboat management system — dubbed

GlobeOffshore — was recently unveiled by

Globe Wireless at the International Workboat

Show in New Orleans. GlobeOffshore is designed to act as a decision support tool help- ing to improve vessel utilization, streamline operational and strategic decisions and maximize vessel efficiency. Onboard, the GlobeOffshore log captures all types of information — cargo, operational, crew & passenger, as well as position.

The data is then made available to the boat owner or charterer on the Internet.

The system is set-up to allow man- agers, both operational and strategic, to track fleet and produce timely reports on vessel activities, cargo transfers, engine maintenance, crew schedules and charge allocation. The new offering from Globe

Wireless is meant to complement the organization's burgeoning number of communication solutions, and is one of the many offered with the Globe Com- munications Center. The company offers messaging and data file transfer services via satellite and via the digital Maritime

GlobeOffshore

The Overall Data Flow

Data Network to the maritime industry. Ves- sels at sea can send and receive e-mail, fax, telex, as well as transfer data files. The Globe

Communications Center runs on a PC, and is compatible with most existing satellite equip- ment and HF radios.

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Shore Base Globe Wireless Server

A.F. Theriault Begins Longliner

Construction

A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd. of Metahgan

River, Nova Scotia has commenced con- struction on a 99 x 26 ft. (30 x 7.9 m) steel-hulled longliner for Wesley Hen- neberry. The vessel will be powered by a

Cummins KTA38 Ml rated for 1,000-hp at 1,800 rpm driving through a ZF

BW361 marine gear with a 6.16:1 ratio.

Auxiliary power for the electrical system will be a pair of six cylinder Cummins B- series engines each turning 70 kW Onan gensets.

The longliner's hull measures 13 ft. (3.9 m) molded depth and will include a four-man cabin aft of the engine room.

An insulated and refrigerated 7,000 cu. foothold will stow approximately 250,000 lbs. of iced fish in front of the engine room.

Scheduled for delivery in the fall of 2000, the vessel's design work was com- pleted by Maritime Marine Consultants in St. Johns, New Brunswick.

December, 1999

Someone else who's right at home in the middle of the ocean. '"'ill r/mrw k . .. m ^ "IMP1"

We're from Australia, the "land down under" an isolated island in the middle of the ocean.

In many ways, it's a lot like your ship. Only a heck of a lot bigger. Just like you, we Aussies rely on global satellite communications to keep in touch with the rest of the world. You could say our geography has thrown us in at the deep end in that regard.

VIA .2.

INMARSAT

So it's hardly surprising that Australia's Telstra is at the forefront of global satellite communications technology. We've got the experience, infra- structure and technical capability to meet your communications needs.

We're in the same boat. www.telstra.com.au/globalsatellite ""elstra •Registered trade mark and ""trade mark of Telstra Corporation Limited ACN 051 775 556. © Inmarsat and the Inmarsat logo are trade marks of Inmarsat, London, United Kingdom.

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