Page 82: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (June 2, 2010)

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TECHNICAL PRODUCTS

SMARTLink

Bjørge Marine Automation (BMA) launched a service module for its

SMARTChief II Alarm & Control Sys- tem with a direct link to shore-based service engineers. SMARTLink empow- ers the service engineers or the operator of the vessel to remotely and real-time in- terface with the alarm system for system status, support the vessel’s engineers re- motely as well as assess the vessels over- all condition. In order to enable remotely performed service, a SMARTLinkcom- puter is added and integrated with the

SMARTChief II system with a redundant network connection, but with an extra network connection to the ship’s network as well. This means that the engineer is able to connect to the onboard

SMARTChief II system, typically with a

Remote Desktop connection from the of- fice, enabling access to the same screens and information as those onboard the ship.

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OP Products Inc.

OP Products offers a next-genera- tion marine sanitation treatment: Pure

Power Marine, a concentrated bio- logical formula built upon the propri- etary BioBlastPlus odor control technology. It is designed to clean and deodorize toilets, sinks, showers, drains, and floor surfaces while adding billions of beneficial microbes to the plumbing and sewage treat- ment systems on board vessels of all types.

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Inclinometer

The Columbia Model DI-10-DFD-IR

Inclinometer System is useful in ship- building. It is a unique differential tilt measuring device which allows matching the slope of two remotely located sur- faces. The readout can be set to indicate the absolute tilt of either sensor or the differential angle between them. The

Sensors provided with this system fea- ture aluminum case material and weigh 12 oz. (340 gm).

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New Cargo Hold Coating

International Paint introduced Inter- shield803Plus, a cargo hold coating de- signed to address the issue of impact damage from the loading of dry bulk car- goes. This is particularly prevalent from the loading of coal by high speed belt conveyor systems, leading to the phe- nomenon of ‘shooting’ damage in cargo holds. This may occur when loaders proj- ect coal at right angles to the bulkhead. www.international-marine.com/inter- shield803plus

ProFlex 500 Receivers

Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS receivers are helping guide the operations of the self-propelled jack- up vessel Bard Wind

Lift I, a construction vessel designed for installing offshore wind turbines, to build the first commercial wind farm in the

German North Sea. The Ashtech GNSS receivers are used for every maneuver of

Wind Lift I, including precisely position- ing the vessel, assisting it to accurately jack itself up from the seabed on 71 meter long legs, and installing the foun- dation piles for the wind turbines. www.ashtech.com

LT Series Watermakers

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Racor Division of Parker Hannifin of- fers a new series of watermakers: the LT

Series desalinators, which offer fresh water independence. The LT Series is de- signed for end-users and fleet operators who require reliable fresh water produc- tion from a simple to operate watermaker system. The LT Series is available in var- ious models with capacities from 400- 1800 GPD. www.parker.com

Autoship

Autoship Systems Corpo- ration (ASC) of Vancouver,

Canada launched its next- generation of Autoship ma- rine design software. The flagship surface modeling program, Autoship, features improved usability and ease- of-use due to a rewrite of the surface-to-surface intersec- tion function, the removal of the need to worry about tol- erances plus a host of additions to what the Navigator can do. Many of the user-input dialogues have been streamlined in order to simplify control of the program. The Pro version of the program will allow import of IGES entities 141 and 143, further broad- ening designers’ capabilities.

Also, a completely new, configurable report tool is in the works and it is designed to shorten the time needed to create customized reports.

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OCTOPUS Onboard

Hoegh LNG asked Amarcon to ex- tend the OCTOPUS-Onboard Moni- toring & Routing System with weather windows for Dynamic Posi- tioning and sloshing decision support for the LNG Carrier Suez Neptune.

LNG SRV’s are exposed to waves, wind and current. One of the critical phenomena during offloading is sloshing. Therefore a heading control scenario will be implemented based on the use of weather forecasts info within a customized version of OC-

TOPUS-Onboard. www.amarcon.com

New Datrex

Lifebuoy Lights

Datrex of Kinder, La., announced its entry into the marine safety market of the new super compact “L” series

LED lifebuoy lights that consist of four lights that meet

SOLAS/MED/USCG/ATEX/IECEx.

All lights come complete with bracket, lanyard and are totally main- tenance free and approved for high drops up to 76m.

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Lalizas Cables

The new Lalizas cables are appro- priate for all necessary jobs on a boat.

They are suitable for interior and ex- terior use. The cables are available in small and medium-sized loads de- pending on the use you need them for. All wires are tinned and insulated with rubber. They are coming out in different sizes from 1,5 mm to 70mm and they are very resistant to sea water and high temperatures. www.lalizas.com