Page 35: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (October 2005)
The Marine Design Annual
Read this page in Pdf, Flash or Html5 edition of October 2005 Maritime Reporter Magazine
34
36
Radio Holland Supplies
UniMACS Blue Line IBS
The Dutch Transport & Water
Management Inspectorate (IVW) con- firmed that the UniMACS BlueLine sys- tem of Imtech is permitted for use on board Dutch commercial vessels. The
Blue Line configuration has the techni- cal requirements needed for Dutch flag vessels to be exempted by IVW from carrying a portfolio of paper charts. The certified ECDIS component of the Blue
Line configuration is equipped with radar and AIS overlay and is approved to function as replacement of the paper chart. Radio Holland Netherlands in
Delfzijl booked a large number of orders in the past months, all involving the sup- ply and installation of uniquely innova- tive Blue Line integrated bridges, amongst others to ship owners
Wagenborg Shipping and JR Shipping.
Since its introduction end of 2004, a total of 15 units have been sold.
In 2004 the Blue Line won the
Maritime Innovation Award, handed over by Dutch Minister Peijs. To date, orders for 15 Blue Line bridges have been received for installation from
October 2005. The Blue Line bridge intended for shortsea, smaller and con- ventional craft, and offers the advan- tages of an integrated information pres- entation. The UniMACS Blue Line bridge consists of ECDIS, X and S-band
Radars, a Conning display, an adaptive 'heading pilot' and optionally a track pilot, but is actually tailored to the needs of each customer by Radio Holland.
Radio Holland recently equipped the
Blue Line with Furuno radar scanners.
Above 3.000 GT a VDR can be added to the Blue Line.
Circle 8 on Reader Service Card
China Adopts
Malaysian-Style Ferries
The city of Sibu in Borneo's Sarawak province of east Malaysia is noted for its distinctive slim river ferries. Said to have derived from dugout canoe designs a single Cummins KTA38 engine now often drive the powerful ferries. These ferries have found ready markets in the
Philippines and can be seen on the
Mekong in Cambodia as well as on
Chinese rivers. In China, around the numerous islands off the coast of
Ningbo to the southeast of Shanghai, similar ferries, showing their Malaysian influence, serve as fast efficient links among the islands and with the main- land. Based in the town of Ding Hai on
Zhou Shan Island, the Tang Da High-
Speed Passenger Vessel Company Ltd. operates eight of these vessels. The sis- ter-ships are each 90.7 x 14.1 ft. (30.4 x 4.3 m) and are each powered by a pair of 500 hp (339 kW) six-cylinder Cummins engines. These will push the boats at speeds around 20 knots with up to 70 passengers and six crewmembers. The ferries have been built by the Wuhan
Nanhua Shipbuilding Company over the past several years.
Circle 9 on Reader Service Card
October 2005 35 3 H I P O W N E R S # H A R T E R E R S 3 H I P P E R S " A N K S 0 ) # L U B S ( U L L 5 N D E R W R I T E R S 4 R A D I N G # O M P A N I E S ' O V E R N M E N T S 4 ( % 0 / 7 % 2 / & 0 ! 2 4 . % 2 3 ( ) 0 , E G A L 3 E R V I C E S F O R ' L O B A L " U S I N E S S ( E A L Y " A I L L I E , , 0 " R O A D W A Y . E W 9 O R K . 9 4 & ( E A L Y " A I L L I E , , 0 4 H E , O C K " U I L D I N G - A R S H A L L 3 T R E E T 3 U I T E 3 O U T H . O R W A L K # 4 4 & ( E A L Y " A I L L I E 3 U I T E $ I N A ( O U S E 2 U T T O N J E E # E N T R E $ U D D E L L 3 T R E E T # E N T R A L ( O N G + O N G 4 & W W W H E A L Y C O M . % 7 9 / 2 + . % 7 * % 2 3 % 9 ( / . ' + / . ' # / . . % # 4 ) # 5 4
Circle 238 on Reader Service Card
Marine Design
MR OCTOBER 2005 #5 (33-40).qxd 9/29/2005 8:17 AM Page 35
