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NEWS PEOPLE & COMPANIES

Rolls-Royce, Bestway Collaboraton

Rolls-Royce signed a collaboration agreement with Shanghai Bestway Marine En- gineering Design Company Ltd (Bestway), a leading marine design and research company in China. The collaboration will focus upon development of innovative and environmentally friendly marine designs.

New Maritime Security Company

Nick Davis has set up a new company to provide capability and asset enhancement through the supply of suitable security vessels, professional personnel and the application of intelligence and op- erational support. The new company, Security Boat Services (SBS), focuses on all aspects of industry and government work within the maritime sector. www.securityboatservices.com

Martek Wins Canadian Navy Contract

Martek Marine signed a contract with the Canadian Navy to supply 12 MM2000 marine gas detection systems, with Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) capability, to the Cana- dian Navy’s fleet of Halifax-class multi-role patrol frigates based in Victoria, British

Columbia, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

WSS Brazil Handles Oversized Shipment

Wilhelmsen Ships Service reported that a Vertical Conditioner, a piece of special equipment to treat seeds in the industrial process to produce canola oil was shipped from Brazil to Russia, trans- ported overland in Brazil for 470km arriving at Santos Port where it was loaded onto a Flat Rack Container, on behalf of Brazilian food industry equipment company Tecnal.

Noreq AS Acquires Acta AS

Maritime supplier, Noreq announced the acquisition of Acta in

Denmark. Since 1955, Acta has been a supplier of offshore marine cranes, life raft- and MOB davits as well as deck machinery. Acta is the only crane manufacturer in the world having CE marking on offshore cranes for wind power in- stallations off shore. Acta is located in Odense, Denmark and the name of the new company is NoreqActa.

AVEVA Summits Draws 800

AVEVA announced the successful conclusion of its new global series of AVEVA World Summits. Three regional Summits were presented in Amsterdam, Las Vegas and Beijing, adopting the theme of “Engage – Inspire – Deliver.” More than 800 delegates at- tended for a range of social and networking activities over the course of the two day events. www.avevaworld.com

Bulkore Chartering Chooses ShipDecision Technology

Bulkore Chartering selected ShipDecision to support its maritime cargo brokerage business. ShipDecision is a Maritime Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that helps organize the sharing and use of information among business partners in the Maritime sector. Accessible from anywhere an internet connection is available, and protected through banking-level encryption, ShipDecision processes data, documents and com- munications related to each voyage. www.shipdecision.com

Hughes Provides Broadband to Hercules Offshore Fleet

Hercules Offshore has invested in a satellite communications system from Hughes

Network Systems, LLC. Hughes and Environmental Safety Systems International

Corporation (ESSI) are equipping the entire Hercules Offshore fleet of Class 120 to

Class 230 liftboats in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Rolldock Orders OCTOPUS-Onboard

Amarcon announced that Rolldock has ordered OCTOPUS-Onboard for the new- build Multipurpose Heavy lift vessel Rolldock Sea, which is a combination between float-in/float-out, roll-on/roll-off- and lift-on/lift-off capabilities. .

SAM Electronics Receives Cruise Ship Orders

SAM Electronics received orders to supply four NACOS 65-5 integrated navigation command systems for new cruise ships currently under construction in major Euro- pean shipyards on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises and Costa

Cruises for delivery in 2011 and 2012.