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International Expands

Antifouling Range

International Paint has improved and expanded its range of antifouling coat- ings. The line up includes higher volume solids products, meaning reduced coats per scheme, lower levels of overspray and reduced VOC emissions. The range features • Intersmooth7460HS SPC and Inter- smooth®7465HS SPC provide fouling control for up to 60 months. • Intersmooth360 SPC and Inter- smooth®365 SPC variants are specially designed for coastal vessels. • Interspeed6400 and Inter- speed®6200 are an economical choice for up to 36 months in service. • Interswift6800HS is a high volume solids, low VOC blend of copper acrylate

SPC technology and rosin based CDP technology. http://www.international- marine.com/foulingcontrol/Pages/inter- active_presentation.html

Marine Travelift’s 700-Ton Hoist

Marine Travelift Inc. recently an- nounced that its 700-metric-ton mo- bile boat hoist has completed more than two years of service and is mak- ing a significant difference in the business of its owner, Grade One

Marine Shipyard Sdn. Bhd. (GOMS) in Lumut, Malaysia. GOMS is a full- service shipyard, handling ship re- pairs, emergency repairs, refitting, refurbishment, scheduled mainte- nance, conversion work and hull, mechanical and electrical work on a routine basis. It’s also a shipbuilder. A few years ago, GOMS’s management began looking for new lifting equipment that could handle the yard’s diverse business mix — in particular, the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and Malaysian Maritime En- forcement Agency (MMEA) vessels. To meet the demands of such a special contract, as well as to offer an alternative shipyard facility to RMN and MMEA, the new equip- ment would have to be able to lift the vessels, each weighing a maximum of 700 tons. www.marinetravelift.com

New Catalog from Omega

Contains more than 150 pages of state-of-the art prod- ucts separated into seven sections: Au- tomation, Sanitary,

Temperature, Elec- tric Heaters, Wire- less/Data

Acquisition, Pressure/Strain/Force, and

Flow/Level/Environmental. A few fea- tured top-selling products designed and manufactured by Omega are the UV- 1000 Universal Verbalizer, a handheld process-signal to speech device, the

CTXL series of Circular Chart

Recorders, the OMEGASCOPE Wireless

Handheld Infrared Thermometer Series. www.omega.com/literature/control- cat28/

New Sailor VHF

The new SAILOR 6222

VHF DSC Class A was shown for the first time during SMM 2010. This new DSC/GMDSS radio is based on the same foundation of high reliability, ease of use and leading-edge functionality, as part of the new SAILOR 6000 GMDSS

Series, which is also unveiled at SMM. A number of hardware and software im- provements, including improved replay functionality, which features a new menu sys- tem to easily access the recorded previous 240 seconds of a message. It also features a high quality 3.2-in. QVA graphical display (320x240 pixels) that can be read re- gardless of the light conditions on the bridge day or night and the onboard 6W loud- speaker offers excellent sound quality whilst enabling simpler installation. On the software side, Thrane & Thrane has improved menu structure and performance, mak- ing the SAILOR 6222 VHF intuitive and easy to operate, across multiple languages.

As part of the Thrane & Thrane SAILOR 6000 Series, the SAILOR 6222 VHF fea- tures the new ThraneLINK network solution, which enables all products in the series to communicate with each other. www.thrane.com

Miko Salvage Patches

A fourth generation of Miko Salvage

Patches has been introduced following upgrades to the successful design of the “Hat-Shaped Patch”. Manufactured in

Norway by Miko Marine AS, the com- pany’s range of salvage patches has been responsible for preventing the loss of ships and boats on numerous occasions.

The new design relates to patches that are like a shallow bag with a brim.

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FLOW-3D/MP V 4.1

Flow Science, Inc. announced that a new release of the distributed-memory version of its FLOW-3D computational fluid dynamics software, FLOW- 3D/MP, is now available. FLOW- 3D/MP Version 4.1 is designed to offer performance improvements, up to 40x on 64 processor cores giving FLOW- 3D/MP users the opportunity to run larger and faster simulations than ever before. Version 4.1 includes a variety of subroutines in FORTRAN source form that allow users to customize

FLOW-3D/MP. Users can customize boundary conditions or add their own models to meet their unique CFD mod- eling requirements.

Email: [email protected] 23-in LED Display

Comark Corpo- ration announced the availability of the MDU23, a 23-in UXGA

LED backlit dis- play, which can be set at up to 400

NITS at full brightness. The

MDU23 has been tested in accordance with IEC 60945, and is ECDIS and

ECDIS-N compliant. In addition, it is fully MIL Tested to MIL-STD 901D grade A, MIL-STD 167- class 1, type A;

MIL-STD-810F; and MILSTD-461E. www.comarkcorp.com

Diesel Switch Eliminates Fuel

Changeover Problems

With the recent introduction of stringent environmental regulations, ship own- ers and operators are increasingly obliged to operate their MAN B&W two- stroke main engines on ultra-low sulfur fuels in defined marine zones. When entering/leaving such defined marine zones, the changeover from preheated HFO to cold MDO/MGO and vice versa represents a risk for fuel-pump sticking or seizure if not performed properly due to the very small clearances within fuel pumps. In response, MAN Diesel & Turbo has developed the Diesel Switch, building on its own patent, to handle this fuel changeover in a controlled way and avoid rapid temperature deviations and fuel-pump seizures. The Diesel Switch ensures the necessary flexibility and safety when changing between HFO and

MDO/MGO and comes in two variants: for retrofits and newbuildings. www.mandieselturbo.com