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NOREQ, Fassmer Cooperate on

Torpedo Lifeboat

Noreq AS, a Norwegian producer of maritime deck equipment and Germany’s company Fr. Fassmer GmbH & Co agrees to further develop the Torpedo

Free Fall lifeboat. Noreq has, since 2008 launched the Torpedo lifeboat as the evacuation method for the future for off- shore use and it is fully equipped to meet the demands of tomorrow regarding rules and regulations for the North sea. The co- operation agreement with Fassmer is a confirmation of the interest the Torpedo lifeboat has drawn. In recent years the focus on the capabilities and features of free fall lifeboats offshore has drawn high attention. The Torpedo lifeboat is repre- senting an alternative to ordinary free fall lifeboats. Its design and capabilities have been thoroughly tested at Marintek in

Norway and key features such as direc- tional stability and reduced stress on on- board personnel have been recognized as a safer and better alternative to traditional free fall systems. www.noreq.no/eng/products/9/41/

ILS Launches ILSmart

ILS unveiled a new and improved ver- sion of its marine marketplace (ILSmart), designed to provide increased function- ality and more business opportunities for its global customer base. “Since our com- pany began, ILS has worked to develop the best forum possible for companies to buy and sell marine parts,” said Don Wil- son, Vice President of Sales at ILS, “and this new site will provide some much an- ticipated functionality that we believe will greatly benefit our customers.”

ILSmart now allows users to search three unique data sets with one click, pro- viding a consolidated view of all the rel- evant information pertaining to the item searched. The data sets include: the com- plete list of inventory on ILSmart, all suppliers listed in the marketplace, and all messages sent on the ILSmart world- wide system. www.ILSmarine.com

PPG Receives Award

PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business has been se- lected as the recipient of The Society for

Protective Coatings (SSPC) 2011 E.

Crone Knoy Award. PPG PMC earned the recognition for the performance of its

Amerlock 400 and Amercoat 450HS coatings at the Hoover Dam Bypass

Bridge, also known as the Mike

O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial

Bridge. Pacific Southwest Coatings,

Yorba Linda, Calif., and United/Anco

Services, Joliet, Ill., also were honored for their work on the project.

The E. Crone Knoy Award is given an- nually by SSPC for outstanding achieve- ment in commercial or industrial coatings work that demonstrates innovation, dura- bility or utility. Qualities considered in- clude excellence in craftmanship or execution of work and use of state-of-the- art techniques or products to creatively solve problems or provide long-term service.

Hatteland Appoints New Service

Partner in Japan

Tamot Corporation has joined the Hat- teland Display worldwide service net- work after signing a contract with the leading marine display and computer manufacturer on 2nd December 2010.

The agreement will see the well estab- lished marine service company perform- ing both warranty and non-warranty service for all Hatteland Display products in Japan. www.hatteland-display.com

Resolve, T&T Bisso Form FiFi Coalition

Resolve Marine Group and T&T Bisso have announced their coalition for Ma- rine Firefighting services in U.S. waters.

This agreement combines both compa- nies’ extensive firefighting infrastructure to produce overlapping coverage and higher volume firefighting capacity throughout U.S. waters. This coalition was crafted specifically to help tank ves- sel operators fully comply with the latest

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 regulations that will be effective on February 22, 2011. “The new regulations required a sub- stantial capital investment just to meet the minimum planning requirements,” said Captain Farhat Imam, COO of Re- solve. “Resolve talked with fellow Amer- ican Salvage Association (ASA) member

T&T Bisso and both agreed that meeting the minimum just wasn’t enough. By combining and strategically locating our firefighting equipment – equipment owned and operated by T&T Bisso and

RESOLVE -- we can assure tanker oper- ators the best marine firefighting cover- age in the U.S.”

Mauricio Garrido, President of T&T

Bisso, said “Shipboard fires don’t occur that often, but when they do you must have the best gear and trained personnel available. The T&T Bisso and Resolve team achieves just that. The decision to pool resources was catalyzed by several tanker operators who opted to list both

Resolve and T&T Bisso so as to ensure the best possible coverage and the reluc- tance of most public fire departments to support the tanker industry. We know that – together – T&T Bisso and Resolve have the most concrete and realistic coverage available.”

Seaspan Back at the Helm

Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan

Whitworth, announced that the company is returning to its roots with the imple- mentation of a new brand name called

Seaspan Marine Corporation. The former corporate identity of Washington Marine

Group is now retired, and Seaspan Ma- rine Corporation is taking the helm as the legal entity and parent company for both our marine transportation and shipyard divisions. “This is not so much a change as it is a revival of the existing Seaspan brand,” said Jonathan. “Our group of companies have proudly served the BC coast for well over a century, and the Sea- span name has been deeply rooted in the fabric of this Province for over 40 years.”

Within the rebranding, Seaspan Coastal

Intermodal Company’s name has also changed to Seaspan Ferries Corporation.

There is no legal name change to the three shipyard entities owned by the com- pany.

GAC Norway Expands

GAC Norway is continuing its expan- sion with the opening of its newest office at the south-eastern port of Borg Havn,

Fredrikstad. The shipping and logis- tics company was in- vited to set up a local base as part of plans to generate more traffic to the versatile multi-purpose port which handles all kinds of cargo and ves- sel calls, from chemical and containers to bulk loads and project shipments to and fro Norwegian industry. GAC Norway’s

Managing Director, Ahmet Özsoy, says the opening of the Borg Havn office is a natural extension of the company’s strate- gic growth plan, which has recently seen other new bases opening in Sandnessjøen and Bergen.

Mace Joins Piracy Battle

To help combat piracy, Mace Per- sonal Defense, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Mace Security

International, Inc., has formed an alliance with Shipboard Defense

Systems, Inc. to develop The

Shipboard Defense System, a de- fensive on-board system to repel pirates. The Shipboard Defense

System is designed with 300 gal- lon pressurized tanks that include loop piping installed around a ves- sel allowing for 100 feet of defen- sive zones each. When activated, the system disperses a "RAIN-

STORM" Mace pepper spray.

RR Opens New Singapore HQ

Rolls-Royce opened its new Sin- gapore headquarters office, located at Centennial Tower. The opening was attended by Singapore’s Min- ister for Trade and Industry, Mr.

Lim Hng Kiang, and Sir John

Rose, Rolls-Royce, Chief Execu- tive, along with senior representa- tives from customer and partner organisations, and UK and Singa- pore Government officials. “Singa- pore is an important center for the

Group’s operations, we have been active here for over 50 years and are committed for the long term,”

Rose said.

Measutronics to Open in Seattle

Measutronics opened a new office in Seattle. Headquartered in Lake- land, FL, Measutronics specializes in the integration and sales of posi- tioning and sonar equipment for marine construction, hydrographic surveying, dredging, and structure monitoring.

Harley Expands Service

Harley Marine Services ex- panded its service to the American

Gulf by acquiring the former MGI of Houston, Texas. This business will be operated under Harley Ma- rine Gulf incorporating all of the quality and safety procedures es- tablished within the Harley Marine family of companies. Formed in 1976, MGI has eight boats on long term charter but operate twelve double hull barges in all. Four of the barges transfer product be- tween terminals, and eight are bunker barges that work in the

Houston, Galveston and Lake

Charles areas with two stationed in

New Orleans.

Captain Bjørn

Kongslie,

Commercial

Manager

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