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Simrad Co-Founder Willy Simonsen Dies

The marine electronics world lost a pioneer with the passing of Willy

Simonsen on December 4, 2003.

Simonsen, who was 90 years old, was the co-founder and driving force behind

Simrad, a company that is today part of the Kongsberg Group, the world's largest manufacturer of marine electron- ics.

It was in 1947 in postwar Norway that

Simonsen joined with John Mustad (of

Mustad fishhook fame) to form

Simonsen Radio AS in Oslo, Norway.

In the beginning, the partners focused on manufacturing high quality radio tele- phones. Within a few years, the compa- ny expanded into development and pro- duction of echo sounders and sonars for commercial and military use, gaining a worldwide reputation for quality and superior technology.

Ground Broken on "World's Largest" Shipyard

China State Shipbuilding Corp. has broken ground on what it says will be the world's biggest shipyard, a high-tech facility capable of producing cruise ships and natural gas tankers. The yard, being built on an island at the mouth of the Yangtze river, will reportedly eature seven construction docks along a five- mile stretch of coastline, the Shanghai

Daily reported. Due for completion in 2015, the yard will be designed to pro- duce a total of 12 million dwt of ships per year. The new yard is being built by the China State Shipbuilding Corp., which incorporates 25 large- and medi- um-sized shipyards.

Green Named CEO P&O Nedlloyd

P&O and Royal Nedlloyd N.V. announced the appointment by P&O

Nedlloyd Container Line Limited of

Philip Green as Chief Executive Officer from January 1. 2004. Green was, until recently. Chief Operating Officer of

Reuters Group.

Van Solingen Joins

GE M&SP

GE Marine &

Stationary Power (M&SP) appointed

Rob Van Solingen sales manager in its global sales force.

Van Solingen will be responsible for both GE's marine and stationary power products.

Farstad Wins 5-Year Deals for PSVs

Farstad Shipping has been awarded two five year contracts by Esso

January 2004

In 1957, the company opened an office in Horten, Norway and officially changed its name to Simrad, a combina- tion of Simonsen and Radio. Simonsen headed the company he helped form for 21 years, leaving in 1968. He had grown his company from a handful of men into a world-leading manufacturer with 500 people (today the Kongsberg

Group employs more than 4,000 world- wide). Looking back at Simonsen's life, it is interesting to see how his talents - and unfolding world events — combined to make him a seminal figure in marine electronics.As a scientist in Bergen when World War II came to Norway,

Simonsen became actively involved in the underground resistance. He spear- headed a project to eavesdrop on

German telephone communications between Oslo and Bergen and provide

Australia for the provision of two dynamic positioning platform supply vessels (Far Scandia and Lady Kari-

Ann) to support Esso's production oper- ations in Bass Strait, Australia. The con- tract turnover is approx. NOK350 mil- lion and is scheduled to start in mid

January upon the delivery of the Far

Scandia to Esso's Barry Beach Marine

Terminal.

Hual Increases PCTC Order

HUAL placed an order for two addition- al car carriers (PCTC) with Daewoo

Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for this information by radio to allied forces in England.

He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941, and was later moved to a hospital after intentionally swallowing a "sick- ness pill." Simonsen was rescued from the hospital by Norwegians wearing

German military uniforms, and after escaping to England he worked in the

Radio Production Unit of the British

War Office. It was here that Simonsen developed a tiny shortwave radio receiv- er - dubbed the "Sweetheart" - of which 50,000 were built and distributed to resistance forces around the world.By providing a communications link between scattered international resist- ance forces, Simonsen helped win the information war and turn the tide in favor of the allies. "Willy Simonsen was more than a delivery in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

The vessels will have capacity to carry some 6,100 cars and Seven similar ves- sels are now ordered from Daewoo. The first five vessels are scheduled for deliv- ery in 2004 and 2005. The contract includes options for further vessels

Brostrom Sells Chem Tankers

Brostrom sold the three 5,750-dwt chemical tankers - Bro Nadja, Bro Nelly and Bro Nora - to Wonsild & Son of

Copenhagen, Denmark. The three sister vessels were built in 1996 and 1997 with stainless steel tanks primarily designed (Photo credit: Aftenposten/Scanpix) marine electronics legend, he was a hero who used his communications skills to protect others at great risk to himself," said John Caballero, Vice President of

U.S. subsidiary Simrad, Inc. "He will be missed by the entire industry." for transporting chemicals. The sale gives Brostrom a profit of about SEK 30 million and a cash surplus of about SEK 80 million.

Historic Milestone for MAN B&W

MAN B&W Diesel A/S engine orders reached the historical output figure of 100,000,000 kW with the company's range of low speed two-stroke MC engines. About 8,000 MC engines have been ordered or delivered to customers all over the world since the first MC engine, a 6L35MC, was built in Japan by Makita (a sub-licensee of Mitsui) in

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