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56Maritime Reporter & Engineering News TECHNIALPRODUCTSNGSCO Upgrades CCTV for LNG Fleet Kongsberg Maritime delivered CCTV systems for installation on National as Shipping Company?s (NSCO) fleet of eight N carrier vessels in the Middle East. The project was secured in conjunction with Unique Systems FE, Kongsberg Maritime?s local sales agent. Unique Systems FE will be assisting in the installation and commissioning of the Kongsberg Maritime CCTV systems with two vessels refits having been completed already in April, another in July and the remaining five planned over the next few months. Each ship?s CCTV system comprises a range of robust marine grade stainless steel above deck PT (pan, tilt oom) and fixed camera stations with lowlight (day/night) viewing capabilities and washers and wipers, along with a multichannel telemetry matrix controller and 50 B digital video recorder (DV), and an addi- tional control and viewing station. www.km.kongsberg.com/cameras Type 57IL Isolator Lug Butterfly Valve Asahi/America expanded its line of valves to include the Type 5I Isolator ug butterfly valve. The Type 5I Iso- lator ug features a unique lug design where the 16 stainless steel lugs are in- serted into the valve body during the in- jection molding process permanentlycombining the lugs and valve body into one unit. The Type 5I?s distinct de- sign permits removal of the downstream flange while maintaining full upstreamline pressure. Asahi/America?s Type 5I Isolator ug butterfly valves are available in to 8 as lever-style (with an option for a gear-operator) and 10 to 12 as gear- operator-style only. The Type 5I features a non-wetted, low profile valve stem, ISO 5211 top flange mounting pattern, full seat liner design, and a molded padlockprovision for lever handle models. The Type 5I can also easily be electrically or pneumatically actuated using Asahi/America, Inc. actuators. www.asahi-america.com New GD400 Rugged Handheld Computer The eight-ounce D00 handheld enables mobile professionals to scan bar codes, receive work assignments, check email, communicate with the office and send pictures, videos and text messages. eneral Dynamics Itronix in- troduces the D00 rugged handheld com- puter, designed for mobile professionals. The D00 hosts the Windows Embedded and- held 6.5 operating system that integrates quickly and easily with enterprise operationsand IT networks. eneral Dynamics Itronix also offers service and support to ensure a smooth transition of the D00 into business operations. The D00 is IP5 certified against dust and water in- trusion and built to withstand multiple drops onto concrete. It is powered by a high-performance AM Cortex-A8 processor that comes with NEON multimedia technology, accelerating the trans- mission of multimedia and large data files across WiFi and wireless wide area networks. Available with a number of accessories, the eneral Dynamics Itronix D00 list price starts at 1829. www.gd-itronix.com HydroActive Bulkhead Seals Mid Marine?s eliant and Omni Se- ries are bulkhead seals used by the U.S. Navy. Developed, qualified, and proven on US Navy vessels, and available com- mercially, these ABS product design ap-proved seals improve a vessels safety and can reduce total ownership costs by over 50 percent. The innovative ydroActive design only con- tacts the spinning shaft during flooding nearly eliminating wear and mainte-nance. Installation is made easy by thesplit, non-contacting design, lightweightcomponents, and lenient mounting re-quirements.www.midemarine.com Hoists Designed for O&G FPSO Mooring SystemJ D Neuhaus has a reputation for the design and manufacture of materials handling products. The company also supplies purpose-designed equipment for specialied applications. For this purpose they can supply hoists, with a lift capacity range from 0.25Kg up to 100 tons, to APIK certification. These are high durability products rated explosion proof/spark resistant and pow- ered by compressed air or hydraulics with corrosion resistant options also available. Special- ied hoist applications have also been developed for operation in low temperature cryogenic? conditions, together with hoists for subsea operation down to levels of 0m. Bardex Corp., headquartered in oleta, Calif., was contracted to design and build the mooring system for an FPSO ordered from Elf Petroleum Nigeria, td. (EPN), a Nigerian subsidiary of French Oil company Total S.A., and contracted through yundai eavy Industries (I). A number of overhead cranes were evaluated before Bardex concluded that JDN?s hydraulic overhead crane was the best option. Instead of procuring 16 separate chain jack tensioning systems (four per corner of the FPSO and each rated at 18 tons), it was determined that one unit per corner could be used and a system of four overhead cranes used to move one chain jack tensioning system for use in all four corners of the FPSO. Additionally, the specially designed mooring system in- cluded sixteen fairlead stoppers each weighing in at almost 25 tons. A system like this had never been built before, and JDN was the only crane builder in the world capable of supplying it to specification and on time. It comprised a hydraulically powered overhead crane with a hoist lift capacity of 18 tons, designed to withstand daily ocean environmental conditions with a high at- mospheric moisture content. ww.jdneuhaus.com Nobeltec Admiral 11.1Nobeltec offers new hardware integration and software functionality with the serv- ice pack release of Admiral 11.1 and VNS 11.1. VNS and Admiral are opti- mied for safe and accurate navigation . This newest service pack adds value to Nobeltec navigation systems. One of the most significant updates to the marine navigational software is the ability to in- tegrate with the Furuno Digital Fish Finder (DFF1) Sounder. Integration with the Furuno DFF1 sounder is a natu-ral addition to our Nobeltec software suite, Nobeltec eneral Manager Bill Washburn said. Were glad boaters can take advantage of the integration of two great products the Furuno DFF1 Sounder and Nobeltec VNS and Admiral software. www.nobeltec.com A hydraulically operated overhead crane with a hoist lift capacity ofeight tons, manufactured by J D Neuhaus for Bardex Corp.