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November 2011www.marinelink.com 97coast of Nigeria. Saipem will carry outthe engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of the OFP2 Jacket (com- prising the 1,970 ton jacket structures and the 4,500 ton piles), as well as the trans-portation and installation of the com-plete new OFQ living quarter offshore platform. Also, Saipem has been awarded contracts in the Norwegian and British sectors of the North Sea and inthe Gulf of Mexico, mainly based on deployment of the Saipem 7000 vessel, for the transportation and installation ofplatforms and marine facilities, along with the decommissioning of existing offshore structures. Transas Simulator in Australian College An installation of Transas GMDSS Simulator TGS 5000 has been com- pleted in the Australian Maritime Col- lege (Launceston). Supplied, installed and supported by Transas partner Elec- trotech Australia, the system is designed to provide flexible teaching arrange- ments for classes of up to 24 studentsthrough the utilization of two instructor stations interfaced to 15 student sta- tions. The system complies with STCW 2010 Code and IMO Model Course1.25 and is type-approved by DNV. www.transas.com Nobeltec, Taylor Marine Announce PartnershipNobeltec announced a new partner- ship with Taylor Marine of Australia. As of October 1, 2011, Taylor Marine, also known as JN Taylor & Co. Ltd., will act as Nobeltec?s exclusive distributor of all Nobeltec products sold to dealers andend users in Australia. Kuang Ming Picks AMOSHong Kong based SpecTec Asia Pa- cific East Ltd has entered into an agree- ment to supply SpecTec AMOS software and related services to Kuang Ming Shipping Corp. head office and its 14 bulk cargo ships. Kuang Ming cur- rently operates in dry bulk cargo serv- ice worldwide with its 14 bulk fleet. It is scheduled to have a bulk fleet of more than 20 vessels by 2013. MSC: Backlog to Continue into 2012Maritime Services Corporation(MSC), a marine interior company spe- cializing in turnkey installations, reports that it has a backlog of contracts ex- ceeding $10.5m in value for assign- ments to be completed this November through March. A $6 million contract with PrincessCruise Lines is now in fabrication at the company headquarters in Hood River, Oregon for the Sapphire Princess. In ad- dition, MSC will begin modifications on two dinner vessels next month for Port- land Spirit in Portland, Oregon. Those jobs will also be complete in January. MSC?s Southampton, U.K. office will begin in November a $1.4 million refur- bishment contract in Hamburg, Germany for Carnival, U.K. on the Oriana. Also next month, MSC U.K. will begin a $540,000 refit on the Star Princess in Tri- este, Italy. www.mscor.com MR Nov.11 # 12 (89-96):MR Template 11/4/2011 1:42 PM Page 97