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elsinki began in the beginning of Au- gust 2011. The new workshop, located in Vuosaari arbor in Eastern elsinki, covers an area of 1150 sq. m. and is equipped with 5 and 12.5 ton overhead cranes, advanced machining equipment, fuel injection system component over- haul tools and testing devices, and the lat- est technology service tools.Yang Ming Implements AMOS SpecTec completed the implementation of AMOS on the first lot of 0 ships with ang Ming. SpecTec will install AMOS on another 11 ships during the course of2011, while more system will be imple-mented in 2012 to complete the Fleet in-stallation which is to date of 89 ships.ing Dynasty (1821995). As of July 2011, ang Ming had a fleet of 89 ves- sels and 1 bulk carriers, including two coal ships operated for others.FPSO OSX-1 Begins Journey FPSO OS-1, the first floating produc- tion, storage and offloading vessel in OS?s fleet, concluded its conversion in Singapore and set sail for Brail. The FPSO OS-1 is commissioned to pro- duce the first oil for O, which is ex- pected to start oil production during thefourth quarter of 2011. Chartered byO for a period of 20 years at an aver- age day rate of 26,000, FPSO OS-1 will be employed in the Waimea accu Hatteland Appoints Korea Agent atteland Display appointed e-MCo., td. (e-M) as its sole agent in Korea. The company will act as the sup- port office for all customers in Korea in addition to providing sales facilities for all D products. L-3 Marine & Power Expands in Brazil- Marine Power Systems (MPS) extended its presence into the Brailian marketplace by opening a new office and appointing local staff. All regional oper- ations for the new Brailian office will be led by Jonas enrique obo. obo will serve as the director of business develop- ment for the - Marine Offshore Brail office, reporting directly to Brian Pope, senior VP of business develop- ment.Samson Awarded 11th Patent Samson was awarded a patent titled ine Structure for Marine Use in Con-taminated Environments. This technol- ogy was developed by Samson while partnering with Delmar Systems on itspatented Omni-Max gravity-installed an- chor system. Proper deployment of the new anchor design would have been hampered by the use of traditional anchorchain in this application. The additional weight of chain affects the trajectory of the anchor causing insufficient embed- ment into the seabed. To address this issue, Samson engineers developed a synthetic alternative that replaces the an- chor chain. One of the biggest challengesin this application was protection of the synthetic rope from the damaging effects of outside contaminants it comes in con-tact with during use. This is a very unique application, and is the first time any syn- thetic has been used under the mud-linefor an offshore mooring. Samson engi- neers developed M-8, an eight-strand plaited construction. Each of the eight-strands is composed of a three-strand, allDyneema fiber core covered with a filter barrier to resist soil infiltration, and pro- tected from abrasion by a braidedDyneema fiber cover. September 2011www.marinelink.com 53