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MOL Selects KVH TracPhone V7 Following a successful trial on its liq- uefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, MOL LNG Transport Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, is adding the Trac- Phone V7 satellite communications sys- tem from KVH Industries, Inc., to threeof its LNG tankers. The systems will use KVH's global mini-VSAT Broadband(SM) service, which is beingprovided by KVH's partner, SKY Perfect JSAT, under the OceanBB brand name. SKY Perfect JSAT is working with Japan Radio Co., Ltd.$1.8B Contract for Two DDG-1000 The U.S. Navy awarded General Dy- namics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a$1.8bcontract for the construction ofDDG 1001 and DDG 1002, the next two ships in the Zumwalt-class program. DDG 1001 is scheduled to be delivered in December 2015 and DDG 1002 isscheduled to be delivered in February 2018. The first ship in the class, DDG- 1000, is over 50 percent complete and is scheduled to be delivered in 2014. Imtech Acquires Techsol Marine Imtech N.V. acquired the Canadian ma- rine company Groupe Techsol Marine. This strategic acquisition means that Imtech has now a high-tech marine pro- duction site available in Canada. The ac- quisition also strengthens Imtech'sservice and maintenance foothold inNorth-America. With over 100 employ- ees, Groupe Techsol Marine realises an- nual revenues of around 20 million euro. The acquisition will be paid in cash andwill directly contribute to the earnings per share.Corvus Energy joins Aquarius Project Eco Marine Power said that Corvus En- ergy Ltd. will supply the energy storage component for its groundbreaking,patent-pending Aquarius Wind and Solar Power System for ocean-going ships. Since 2010, Eco Marine Power has worked on developing an advanced inte- grated system of rigid, photovoltaic- equipped sails and energy storage modules to allow ocean-going ships to harness renewable energies and reduce their need for oil. The rigid sails are used for propulsion and are covered in solar panels to capture solar energy. Corvus Energy?s advanced lithium-polymer bat- tery technology will store energy col- lected by the array of wind and solarpanels. The batteries will then be used to power the ship?s operational equipment or, alternatively, be used as a power source when at harbor or at anchor. Hamburg Süd, GL Team on Emission Management SystemHamburg Süd and Germanischer Lloyd are jointly developing a data management system for systematically capturing allenvironmentally relevant ship operation information. The future ?GL Emission Manager? will permit detailed evaluation and analysis of all relevant data of the en- tire fleet. Hamburg Süd has set itself the goal of creating a valid basis for further reducing the emission of contaminants byits deployed fleet. The system is to be used throughout Hamburg Süd?s entire fleet from the start of 2012.VT Halter Delivers for OSGVT Halter Marine, a subsidiary of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), delivered Endurance, the second 8,000 hp Articu- lated Tug Barge (ATB) tug to Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG).This is part of a contract that VT Halter Marine signed with OSG in April 2010 to complete two tugs over 16 months at the former?s Moss Point Marine shipyard. The first tug, Courageous, was delivered in June 23, 2011. .Uruguay Navy Selects Transas The Naval Academy of the Uruguay Navy has completed the acquisition and installation of a simulator complex by Transas including navigation and maneu- vering simulator NTPRO 5000, GMDSS Communications simulator TGS 5000 and Engine Room simulator ERS 5000SOLO. The Naval Academy is a public training center, secular and free, which is responsible for the preparation and train-ing of Uruguayan military and merchantmarine people since 1907. Naval Acad- emy supervises IMO Model Courses forseafarers, basing on its recognition as Training Center of the IMO. Uruguay, a South American country located between Argentina and Brazil, on the Atlantic October 2011www.marinelink.com 63Maersk Line, Rickmers-Linie (America), FormU.S. Flag PartnershipMaersk Line, Limited and Rickmers-Linie (America), Inc. announced a part-nership to provide breakbulk and project cargo shipping using two newly-built multi-purpose ships to be operated under the U.S. flag. The part- nership brings together the comple-mentary capabilities of the two companies to offer customers a new op- tion for moving large and heavy car- goes worldwide. The new 19,000 deadweight ton vessels, named Maersk Illinois and Maersk Texas, each have a combined maximum lift of 480 metrictons and are twice the size of U.S. flagmultipurpose vessels currently in oper- ation. The service will operate as Maersk-Rickmers U.S. Flag ProjectCarrier, Maersk-Rickmers for short. The ships are currently under the Mar- shall Islands flag and are preparing fortheir maiden voyages. MR Oct.11 # 8 (57-64):MR Template 10/5/2011 3:46 PM Page 63