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BASS Solutions on

Farstad Fleet

BASS will provide Farstad Shipping

ASA's entire fleet with BASS CrewNet and BASS PayNet solutions. BASS

PayNet is designed to streamline and integrate the management of ship-to- shore crew payroll and shipboard accounting processes.

USA Shipyards Choose

Autohydro Pro

Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) adds two new clients to their growing

Autohydro User Group: Alabama

Shipyards and Derecktor Shipyards.

LR LNG Fleet Tops 100

Recent orders of classification servic- es for six liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships have resulted in a milestone for

Lloyd's Register: more than 100 LNG ships now exist or are being built to

Lloyd's Register class, which is signifi- cant because the new ships feature dual- fuel engines, a recent innovation in LNG ship propulsion. Lloyd's Register cur- rently classes 37% of the LNG fleet worldwide with a total of 104 ships; 65 in the existing fleet; 39 on order.

Oceanwide Expands into Denmark

Oceanwide, an international employ- ment agency in the maritime field, signed an agreement to acquire Haraship

Manning Aps of Denmark. The new sub- sidiary will operate under the name

Oceanwide Haraship Denmark Aps.

Haraship Manning Aps' existing office staff of 2 people - managing director

Gilli Haraldsen (former owner) and operations manager Niels Maindal - will remain responsible for the daily opera- tion of the new subsidiary.

MTN Connects Silverseas

Maritime Telecommunications

Network (MTN) signed a contract with

Silversea Cruises to provide a complete package of onboard communications capabilities. MTN's DirectNet technolo- gy will allow passengers and crew mem- bers to receive and transmit voice, data and email services via satellite world- wide; utilize wireless internet hotspots onboard, and receive television signal 24 hours a day.

LR Asia, China

Classification Sign JV

Lloyd's Register Asia signed an agree- ment to establish a joint venture with

China Classification Society (CCS).

The joint venture, to be based in Beijing, will enable the rapid roll-out of a num- ber of key products and services to the benefit of the maritime industry in

China.

Schat-Harding Reports

Successful Tests

Lifeboat manufacturer Schat-Harding has reported the successful testing of the first of six of its FF1000S skid-launched freefall lifeboats, which have been strengthened beyond SOLAS require- ments. The tests, conducted at Schat-

Harding's Rosendal factory in western

Norway, include a freefall drop from skids from a height of 36 m and a verti- cal drop from a height of 47 m.

Crowley Acquires Alaska

Fuel Businesses

Crowley acquired the Alaska-based fuel distribution business of Northland

Fuel, LLC; a purchase consisting of the assets of Yukon Fuel Company,

Northland Vessel Leasing and the stock of Service Oil and Gas, Inc. Crowley has also acquired the assets of Yutana Barge

Lines, LLC from an affiliated company.

Northrop Grumman Wins

US Navy Contract

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