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vanced solutions to meet their specific needs,” said Dave Edwards, senior vice-president and director of

WRSystems’ Engineering Services

Division. “Tremendous effort went into the design, development, and pro- duction of these systems and their supporting items.” www.wrsystems.com.

New Odessa Office for WSS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service relocated its Odessa office to upgraded prem- ises. The new offices, situated in the busy Ukrainian Black Sea port, offer a modern, safe and accessible environ- ment for staff and customers. The new office address is: 21/23 Vice-Admiral

Zhukov Lane, Business Centre “Olvia”, 7th Floor Office 73, 65026

Odessa, Ukraine.

ABB Wins $110M Order

ABB won an order worth $110m from Eni Norway to build a power link between a new oil and gas plat- form in the Barents Sea and the Nor- wegian power grid. The 123kV, 75MW XLPE insulated cable is claimed to be the longest, most pow- erful cable ever delivered for an off- shore application. It will supply AC (alternating current) power from the mainland grid in Norway to Goliat, a floating oil and gas production, stor- age and offloading unit.

CMA CGM Takes Figaro

CMA CGM took delivery of the

CMA CGM Figaro, an 8500 teu con- tainership built by Samsung Heavy

Industry. The CMA CGM Figaro is registered in France and will sail under the French flag (RIF). In com- pliance with CMA CGM’s environ- mental policy, and like all new vessels of this type ordered by the Group, the

CMA CGM Figaro is equipped with a combination of innovative environ- mental features, including: • the Fast Oil Recovery System, which enables bunkers to be rapidly recovered at any time, hence signifi- cantly limiting the environmental con- sequences should there be an incident at sea; • an electronically controlled en- gine, reducing oil and fuel consump- tion by respectively 25% and 3%.

Thanks to this new engine, the vessel can – if necessary – be operated at super eco-speed (14 to 15 knots); • a multi-chamber waste com- pactor to recycle garbage on board; • pre-equipment to connect to a port’s electricity supply during opera- tions.

Teekay Selects ABS NS

ABS Nautical Systems has been se- lected by Teekay Corporation, which moves more than 10 percent of the world’s seaborne oil, as their fleet management software provider.

Teekay will be replacing a legacy management software system they currently have in place with ABS

Nautical Systems’ fully integrated system. www.abs-ns.com

HydraTech Selects Distributors

HydraTech announced two new dis- tributors: The Great Lakes Group, lo- cated in Cleveland, Ohio, and Puerto

Rico Towing and Barge Company lo- cated in San Juan, Puerto Rico pro- vides towing services and vessel assistance to commercial vessels and barges throughout the Caribbean. The

Marine HydraWrap is an ABS Design

Approved carbon fiber composite re- pair system for pipelines, fittings and bulkheads. www.hydratechllc.com

Sener Helps Repair

Argentinean Navy Icebreaker

A contract came into effect for

Sener to carry out the engineering work and provide technical assistance in repairing and modernising the ice- breaker Almirante Irizar (RHAI) fol- lowing a fire on the vessel in April 2007. The scope of the contract in- cludes engineering the stripping down of the equipment and damaged struc- ture, the basic and development engi- neering for all the areas, equipment and systems affected by the repairs / modernisation, and technical support throughout the process, including ocean trials and ice trials.

The ship's last campaign was be- tween December 2006 and April 2007. On the return journey, when 140 miles to the east of Puerto

Madryn, a fire broke out in the electric generator room which spread quickly throughout the ship's engine room. It was evacuated and, once the fire had been put out, it was towed to the

Puerto Belgrano Naval Base. After as- sessing the various options, the Ar- gentinean Navy chose to go ahead with the vital repairs and moderniza- tion which are now underway.

Kongsberg Maritime Tech

Opens in St. Petersburg

The office of the new wholly owned

Kongsberg Maritime Company,

Kongsberg Maritime Tech LLC was officially opened in St. Petersburg,

Russia on March 23, 2010. The new

Kongsberg Maritime company has been established to further strengthen

Kongsberg Maritime Simulation &

Training's technology and the 15 strong team will have a special focus on advanced simulation technologies, development and hydrodynamic mod- eling. Kongsberg Maritime Simula- tion & Training already has close simulator development ties with the team in St. Petersburg, having co-op- erated with them during the develop- ment of a new Kongsberg Maritime offshore simulator.

Genoa Design Wins Iraqi Navy

Project

Genoa Design if St. John’s, New- foundland, won a contract to provide production design and lofting for two 60-m Offshore Support Vessels for the

Iraqi Navy.

Two U.S. based companies are lead- ing the project: RiverHawk Fast Sea

Frames in Florida, as primary con- tractor and Gulf Island Marine Fabri- cators, L.L.C. in Louisiana, as construction sub-contractor.

The project falls under the U.S. For- eign Military Sales program, with

Naval Sea Systems Command, Wash- ington, D.C., as contracting entity for the Iraqi Government. Vessel comple- tion is expected by December 2011. www.genoadesign.com

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SEAaT: ETS is New

Opportunities for

Bunker Fuel Market

SEAaT (Shipping Emissions Abatement and

Trading), the industry association dedicated to shipping emissions abatement and trading, called for the involvement of the bunker fuel industry in discussions for the establishment of a shipping emissions trading scheme (ETS), citing strong commercial opportunities for the sector. An ETS is currently under discussion at the International

Maritime Organization (IMO) to encourage more efficient shipping and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the global fleet. An ETS was launched successfully by the European Union for large land-based emitters in 2005 with the inclu- sion of aviation planned for 2012. In UNFCCC and IMO discussions on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping sector, there is strong support for an ETS to operate under the auspices of the UNFCCC and IMO. Under an

ETS for shipping, either the ship operators or charterers would have to acquire carbon credits that reflect their bunker fuel consumption.

Bunker fuel traders and suppliers could supply carbon credits in parallel to supplying fuel, using their existing trading infrastructure to secure the best carbon prices. John Aitken, Secretary-Gen- eral of SEAaT, said, “The ETS is by far the fairest, most commercially-viable means of en- couraging more efficient fuel use. The bunker fuel companies are in an excellent position to both trade credits, and to support their customers in getting the best deal for their fuel, and help- ing drive environmental compliance strategies.” “There are both multilateral discussions at IMO and UNFCCC, as well as among the trade asso- ciations. SEAaT would welcome the participa- tion of fuel supply companies in these, as they have perhaps the most significant knowledge and experience of trading systems in the entire sector.

We would also encourage them to develop knowledge of carbon trading by joining SEAaT as associate members and participating in the wider debate.” www.seaat.org