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AMOS2 for Sentek Marine & Trading SpecTec Asia Pacific was chosen by Sentek Marine & Trading Pte Ltd. to design and develop an electronic sys- tem, which will attend to their asset & fleet managementrequirements. Sentek Marine & Trading Pte Ltd is a bunker tanker owning company and one of Singapore?s foremost bunker suppliers. Sentek Marine has decided to apply the use of new technologies to upgrade its ex- isting systems. SHI Awards Noreq Largest Ever Contract Noreq won the contract for Lifeboats, davits, Fast Res- cue Boat and Rescue boat davit for the six drill ships Maersk Drilling are building with Samsung Heavy In- dustries in South Korea. The contract is valid for all drill ships and is consisting of 6pcs 80-persons lifeboats to-gether with belonging davit and one fast rescue boat with davit for each ship. Thus a total of 36 lifeboats and davits are ordered all together. www.noreq.no Noreq AS Creates Subsidiary in Dubai Noreq AS continues to expand. The increasing de- mand for our products has resulted in a new company etablishment, NOREQ FZE, a subsidiary with an office in Dubai. Noreq has been represented in UAE for sev- eral years by Chacko John. He is now permanently em- ployed in Noreq, and he looks forward to serve ship owners, yards, consultants and the offshore industry with deck equipment from Noreq. Noreq's new office, contact: information: NOREQ FZE, attn: P. Chacko John, Office No. 6WA 633, Dubai Airport Freezone, Dubai, UAE. Kongsberg Wins Navy Engine Room Simulator Deal Kongsberg Maritime was selected by BAE and the Australian Defense Force (ADF) to provide a custom engine room simulator for the training of engineersaboard Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Canberra Class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) vessels. The new LHD Engineering System Trainer (LEST) is designed to en- hance the Navy?s ability to train LHD vessel engineer- ing personnel, an important and critical factor in operational availability. The LEST project is scheduled for delivery February 2013, and will include both full mission and desktop simulation systems, with integrated e-Learning facilities. Wärtsilä Waterjets for LCS Class Wärtsilä won the contract to supply the waterjet propulsion system for two US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Independence Class vessels being built by Austal USA with an option for an additional eight shipsets expected to be exercised later. The system employs Wärtsilä's axial waterjet technology matching the needs for fast vessel accelerations and high maneuverability. The orders currently on hand are for four WLD 1720SR and four WLD 1500SR Axial Waterjets to be supplied to the first two vessels. The first vessel is expected to be delivered in autumn 2012; the second in spring 2013. ClassNK: First Approval for Maritime Training ClassNK issued its first approval for maritime train- ing programs to an Electronic Chart Display and Infor- mation System (ECDIS) course offered by NYK Shipmanagement Pte. Ltd. (NYKSM). The approval of the course, which certifies that the course fulfills IMO standards follows ClassNK?s entry into the training pro- gram certification field as part of a broader expansion of the classification society?s activities announced ear- lier this year. Coastal Marine Equipment on LCSCoastal Marine Equipment is continuing its success insupplying marine deck equipment for government and military projects with the latest being equipment forAustal USA?s Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) program. This is in conjunction with Austals? Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) program and Bollinger Shipyard?s Fast Response Cutters (FRC) program. In addition with thesemulti vessel contracts, Coastal Marine is supplying equipment for the NOAA Fisheries Survey Vessel (FSV) and Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV) being con- structed at Marinette Marine, among others. Coastal Marine Expands in BrazilCoastal Marine Equipment extended its presence into the Brazilian marketplace by teaming with Macnor Ma- rine and Macnor Services to assist in equipment salesand service. This relationship has proven successful as Coastal Marine has been awarded the deck equipment for two Oil Spill Response Vessels? being built in Brazil at EISA Shipyard. Each vessel will receive an ABS ap- proved anchor windlass, two capstans and two tuggers. www.coastalmarineequipment.com Type Approval for Hyde Guardian BWTS Hyde Marine, Inc. said its Hyde Guardia ballast water treatment system (BWTS) received Type Approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) on September 13, 2011. Hyde GUARDIAN was the first BWTS to re- ceive Product Design Assessment (PDA) certification from ABS in April 2010. PDA is the technical approval for equipment and is the first step in receiving ABS Type Approval. Hyde GUARDIAN was Type Approved in 2009 by Lloyd?s Register on behalf of the UK Maritime and Coast Guard Agency (MCA), confir1ming compli- ance with IMO Resolution MEPC.174 (58) Guidelines.Testing was conducted at the Royal Netherlands Insti- tute for Sea Research (NIOZ), the most challenging bal-last water test facility in the world, in accordance with IMO G8 Guidelines and demonstrating reliable per- formance in difficult operating conditions. Email: [email protected] 2011www.marinelink.com 65ExxonMobil, Greek Ship Owners Celebrate 50-Year Partnership Ray Pomfret and Mathew Los, Chairman of the Greek Group, at the Yacht Club of Greece in Athens exchanging gifts.ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants and the GreekGroup, a collection of likeminded Greek shipping families, celebrated a 50-year business partnership this summer, representing the oil company?s longest-run- ning supply agreement with a Marine customer or- ganization. The Greek Group was established in 1961 when nine shipping family companies formed a fuel and lubricants purchasing group with Mobil Bunker Ltd., London. The original companies, organized as the Prometheus Group, were mainly from the islandof Chios in the eastern Aegean sea and had settled in London during World War II. Exxon Mobil Corpora- tion has been serving the lubrication needs of the ma-rine industry since the 1880s. Today, its global marine lubricants organization is a leading supplier of min- eral and synthetic oils, providing unsurpassed techni- cal expertise and service for customers worldwide. During the 50 years of the supply partnership betweenExxonMobil and these family companies, the Greek Group has grown and now consists of 29 Greek ship- ping companies. ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants sup-plies approximately 250 vessels within these companies. MR Oct.11 # 9 (65-72):MR Template 10/5/2011 3:53 PM Page 65