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wanted to use the offshore market as a reference when choosing systems for the

Northern Star, and recommended us to look at equipment from Kongsberg Mar- itime."

The Northern Star owner's special in- terest in adventure travel means that it has been designed to sail anywhere in the world. Because of this, special features have been implemented, such as a large fuel range and extra insulation for ex- treme climates and cold water, in addi- tion to the Kongsberg Maritime systems.

Kongsberg Maritime was chosen to de- liver systems for navigation, Dynamic

Positioning and thrusters control aboard

Northern Star. Within this, the scope-of- supply included: K-Bridge MULTI, a multi functional operator station for the bridge; K-Bridge conning display for ef- ficient monitoring of all key information;

K-Bridge operator and planning stations; steering functions; radio/GMDSS; cJoy operator terminal; K-Thrust thruster con- trol system; bow thruster and pump jet.

Kvichak Marine Delivers

P/V Yellow Rose

Kvichak Marine Industries recently de- livered P/V Yellow Rose, a 77.8 ft x 21.6 ft Pilot Boat for operation by the Hous- ton Pilots on the Houston Ship Channel – the largest landlocked port in America.

The vessel is designed to operate as a pilot launch transporting pilots to and from a shore side dock and the Houston

Pilot’s SWATH, and to perform pilot transfers to commercial vessels.

Designed by Camarc Design, UK, the all-aluminum vessel is powered by twin

Tier II Cummins QSK-38 engines rated for 1,400 bhp each, which are coupled to

ZF 4600 transmissions driving twin

Hamilton 651 waterjets. This combina- tion allows for excellent maneuverability and a top speed of about 29 knots when fully loaded.

Additional vessel features include:

Lengh, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77.8 ft

Beam, o.g. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21.6 ft

Draft (RFS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.5 ft

Fuel capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,770 gal

Fresh water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 gal

Pop-Safe fendering

Rescue platform & A-frame

Day galley & crew accommodations

Northern Lights M55C2 55kW Genset

Complete electronics package

New PSV for

Simon Møkster Rederi

STX Europe entered into a contract with Simon Møkster Rederi to build a

Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) to the STX

Europe PSV 09L CD design. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in 1Q 2012. The new vessel is arranged for regular plat- form supply duties. In addition it will be arranged for winterized operations with de-icing system and ice class, and also for rescue- and oil recovery operations.

Some of the vessels features will be: Oil

Recovery in accordance with DNV and latest NOFO 2009 guidelines; Emer- gency towing arrangements; Rescue of 300 persons in accordance with Norwe- gian Maritime Directorate (NMD); Pre- pared for working in winterized areas;

AND Dynpos AUTR, dynamic position- ing. The vessel is in particular designed for environmental friendly operations with focus on low fuel consumption, and in accordance with Clean Design re- quirements. Catalytic reactor exhaust system will be installed for reduced emis- sions to air. With its new highly opti- mized hull form and fore ship together with the specified propulsion configura- tion, the vessel will have particularly good sea-keeping abilities, a fuel efficient transit mode and a good station keeping performance. The hull will be built at

STX Europe in Romania, and outfitted at the STX Europe's yard Søviknes.

Main Particulars:

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.5 m

Breath, molded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 m

Depth, main deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 m

Deadweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4900 tons

Cargo deck area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1055 sq. m.

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