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64Maritime Reporter & Engineering News NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES Ocean and Rio de la Plat coasts, belongsto the select group of countries formingthe IMO's White List, maintaining a con- stant concern to meet and exceed the standards set by that organization, be- longing to United Nations Organization (ONU), so Naval Academy has a quality management system ISO 9001:2008 cer- tified since 2004 and has been subject to voluntary audits of the IMO and the Eu- ropean Maritime Safety Agency. www.transasmarine.com Abu Dhabi MAR KielAs of September 1, 2011, the contractsfor the acquisition of the former HDW Gaarden GmbH in Kiel have entered into force. Abu Dhabi MAR Kiel GmbH starts with 172 employees, the facilities, equipment and infrastructure of the for- mer HDW Gaarden, working on first or- ders of its target markets offshore, mega yachts and construction of special ves- sels. Management Directors of this new company are Susanne Wiegand and Hol- ger Kahl. LR Wins Deal with Maersk Oil Lloyd's Register (LR) won a contract to provide Maersk Oil with a compre- hensive suite of risk-management serv- ices to support the offshore operator?s commitment to meet global demand forenergy in an efficient, safe and environ- mentally responsible manner. BMT Offers CNRI Decommissioning Support BMT Cordah won a contract by Cana- dian Natural Resources International(CNRI) that will see BMT provide sup- port and guidance for the environmental aspects during two of CNRI?s decom- missioning projects, both of which arecurrently in the planning and consentingphase. CNRI?s Murchison and Ninian Northern fields located in the northern North Sea have both been in operation since the early 1980?s. Murmansk Shipping to Assist U.S. Murmansk Shipping Company was se- lected among other operators of ice-breaking fleet by U.S. National ScienceFoundation (National Science Founda- tion - NSF) which provides U.S. Antarc- tic Program. The ice-breaker Vladimir Ignatyuk successfully works in Antarc- tica, including under the contract withthe Center of Ocean and Antarctic Re- search of the Indian Government at Maitri and Larsemann Hills stations.The ice-breaker Vladimir Ignatyuk will provide services for piloting vessels for American polar explorers in difficult navigational conditions of Southern con- tinent, including maintaining the channelof clean water in ice off McMurdo. The work of the ice-breaker will begin in the end of December 2011.Vizada Launches SkyFile C Store & Push service Vizada launched SkyFile C Store & Push to offer customers highly-reliable data reporting and polling services, in-cluding VMS (Vessel Monitoring Sys- tem), LRIT (Long Range Identification & Tracking) and FleetNet. This enables shipping companies to adhere to IMOregulations stipulating that a vessel must send a position report every six hours, and that this report must in turn be de-livered to the data center in less than 15 minutes (or seven minutes in European countries). Krill Systems Wins WSF Deal Krill Systems was selected by the Washington State Department of Trans- portation for fitting on the MV ?Walla Walla? operated by Washington State Ferries. MV Walla Walla is a Jumbo Class auto/passenger ferry measuring:440ft LOA, 87ft beam, 18ft draft and is powered by four Diesel-Electric engines delivering 11,500hp. Krill Systems uses Microsoft SQL server database technol- ogy to record on-board sensor data with2 second resolution and storage capacityof at least one year. GL Hits 100m GT Milestone Germanischer Lloyd (GL) fleet under classification now exceeds 100 million GT. GL has currently more than 7,200 ships from over 1,900 shipping compa- nies worldwide under regular technical supervision. "We have been able to dou- ble the fleet in class over the last six years," explains Erik van der Noordaa, CEO of the GL Group, "and we want to have achieved the next 10 million GT by the end of next year." The ship which saw GL break the 100 million mark was shipping company Hamburg Süd's 85,676 GT "Santa Rosa". The 300-m-long container ship, built by South Korean shipyard Daewoo, has a capacity of 7,100 standard containers(TEU) and fulfils the requirements of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) the soon to be mandatory energy effi- ciency measure. Rolls-Royce Wins PSV Contract Rolls-Royce won an order from Nor- wegian ship builder Simek AS to design and equip a UT755 LC platform supplyvessel. The contract includes a fully in- tegrated Rolls-Royce power and propul- sion system including main engines,propellers and tunnel thrusters. Deck ma-chinery, electrical systems, automation and control systems and bulk handling equipment are also included in the order. STX Finland: Contract for Well Intervention Vessels STX Finland Oy and Eide MarineSemi AS, a subsidiary of Eide Marine Services A/S, signed a contract for the outfitting, completion and delivery of two sophisticated well intervention ves- sels with an aggregate contract value ex- ceeding EUR 300 million. The 31,000-ton well intervention vessels will measure 122 x 45m and are designed tooperate in rough open sea conditions onBrazilian continental shelf. The Vessels have innovative hullforms securing high seakeeping characteristics together with DP3 dynamic positioning system andtruster arrangement. Large deck area provides opportunity to arrange all well serving equipment in most efficient way. MCP Wins Ferry Deal Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) won a turnkey telecommunica- tions contract with Corsica & SardiniaFerries. The five-year contract covers Mobile Telephony, Mobile Internet, WiFi and VSAT for eight passenger ferries and plays a key role in supporting Corsica?s ongoing aims to provide crew and pas- sengers with competitive wireless com- munications. Pima Valve Recognized for Quality Earlier this year Pima Valve Inc. was honored by DLA Land and Maritime,Columbus, Ohio, as one of the govern- ment's best suppliers. Ryan Gaston ac-cepted the award from Army Brig. General Darrell K. Williams, the DLA Land and Maritime Commanding Gen-eral, at an award ceremony held in con- juntion with the 2011 IndustryConference and Exhibition. Pima Valve supplies Marine Valves for the Depart- ment of Defense (DOD) and other agen-cies. DLA Land and Maritime isheadquartered in Fort Belvoir, Va. and teams with more than 6,000 suppliers ofLand and Maritime system parts, en-compassing seven million orders and $5 billion annually. Wärtsilä, Shell Sign Deal to Promote LNG as a Marine Fuel Wärtsilä and Shell Oil Company signed a Joint Co-operation Agreement aimed at promoting and acceleratingthe use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel. The Joint Cooperation Agreement will focus first on supplies from the US Gulf Coast, and then laterexpand their efforts to cover a broader geographical range. as fueled marineengines are seen as being a logicalmeans for ship owners and operators to comply with increasingly stringent en-vironmental legislation. $23m for Great Lakes Shipyard Caribbean Tugz, LLC, an affiliate of SEACOR Holdings, Inc., Ft. Laud- erdale, Fla., awarded Great Lakes Ship- yard, Cleveland, Ohio, vessel construction contracts to simultane-ously build two new state-of-the-art 50- ton bollard pull ASD tugboats to be used for ship docking and escort oper- ations at the Hovensa Oil Refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The con- tracts? total price of the new tugs is $23 million. Design and construction are tostart immediately, and the tugs are scheduled for completion in early 2013.Designed by Jensen Maritime Consult-ant, Inc., Seattle, Washington, the new tugs will be built to the highest stan www.thegreatlakesgroup.com. Hempel: Focus on Fire Protective Coatings With the extensive expansion of R&D in Spain, Hempel?s new center focuses on bringing high performing fire pro- tective coatings solutions to the global market. Intumescent coatings ? passive fire protection that lengthens the time a steel structure will remain intact duringa fire ? provide longer evacuation times and allow emergency personnel more time to respond. That means that these advanced coatings solutions not only help protect investments, but can po- tentially save lives. ?Along with a state- of-the-art facility, we have also established a team with years of experi- ence in intumescent product develop- ment,? said Hempel Business Development Manager Lars Risum. 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