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MX Marine Unleashes New Family of Electronics

At the Europort 2003 exhibition in

Amsterdam last month, MX Marine debuted its new family of marine

GPS/DGPS products, a family of prod- ucts designed to provide a flexible and expandable platform for the next gener- ation of integrated navigation and marine information systems. "These three new GPS products repre- sent the leading edge of the new wave in marine navigation technology," said

David Ritbiatt, president of MX

Marine. "The MX500, MX510 and

MX520 will take the concept of integrat- ed navigation systems to the next level, serving as the platform for a fully inte- grated marine information center." The new MX500, MX510 and MX520 GPS control/display systems are being intro- duced by MX Marine to work with the

MX521 smart antenna or MX525 black box receiver, providing a highly accurate integrated navigation solution that meets the latest international standards for

GPS/DGPS, including Receiver

Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM). According to the manufacturer, the MX500, MX510 and MX520 are the first marine GPS systems to incorporate a common platform with the Intel X-

Scale 200 MHz processor with 16 MB

Flash and 64 MB SDRAM memory. upgradeable to 400 MHz and 128 MB

RAM.

Multiple MX500, MX510 and MX520 control/display units can be networked via a hub powered through MX Marine's

MX590 router for real-time sharing of navigation data at different locations around the ship.

The MX500 has a 192 x 96 mm con- trol and display panel with a 3.8-in. (320 x 240) high-resolution QVGA black- and-white graphical LCD, and is designed to fit into a standard-size elec- tronics panel or console. The MX510 has a 5.7-in. (320 x 240) high-resolution

QVGA black-and-white graphical LCD.

The MX520 has a large sunlight-read- able 6.4-in. (640 x 480) color TFT VGA display.

All three products will be able to sup- port built-in electronic charts.

The system architecture is designed to allow for easy software upgrade and migration to WinCE or other customized operating systems that can take advan- tage of the Intel X-Scale technology.

Software updates can be made through the USB, LAN or regular serial port. "We have retained the familiar man- machine interface (MMI) software fea- tures that were pioneered by Leica in the popular MX420 family of GPS products, minimizing the need for retraining watchstanders," said Ritbiatt.

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Hagglunds new valves program has been engi- neered for use in combination with the

Hagglunds hydraulic Compact motors, to achieve smooth and safe drive functions.

Hagglunds Launches New

Valve Program

Hagglunds Drives launched a new valve program designed to optimize the full potential of its Compact brand industrial motors. To match the

Compact motors capabilities to stand tough environments, the design of these new valves is compact and robust, cor- rosion resistant and completely sealed.

There are huge variations in the drive performance requirements for marine, industrial and mobile business.

Hagglunds new valve program is engi- neered in order to meet these demands.

This standard valve program includes crossover relief valves, counter balance valves, two-speed valves, four-way pro- portional valves, freewheeling valves, free-circulation valves as well as con- stant tension valves. The valves have already proven successful on several demanding marine applications. For example in a winch drive system in

South Africa, lifting a 178 metric ton sub-sea crawler back and forth from the seabed to the ship deck, as well as on a large number of fishing boats manufac- tured in Spain.

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ConocoPhillips Marine to

Host S0CP Meeting

ConocoPhillips Marine is hosting a

Ships Operations Cooperative Program on March 2-3 in Houston, Texas.

SOCP's agenda features guest speakers (invited) from ABS and the Port of

Houston Authority. The agenda will include a discussion panel that will specifically address maritime safety pro- grams and their implementation within various maritime organizations. In addi- tion, the meeting will include a presen- tation from ABS Nautical Systems LLC on Version 5 of their Improved Life-

Cycle Management software, a presen- tation from VIDEOTEL on technologies and products that they offer designed to improve safety, and a presentation on

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Charles Arkinstall, a 21-year veteran policies for Carnival Corporation & STN ATLAS Marine Electronics Sold pic's 13 global cruise brands. As of November 1, 2003, equity investor EquiVest, represented by

The sales price was not disclosed. The new company will operate under the name of SAM Electronics GmbH.