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August 2012www.marinelink.com 91tract will incorporate additional mainte-nance, services, consultancy, and devel- opment to further enhance and tailor theAVEVA MARS system to Ingalls? busi- ness processes. Supplying U.S. Naval and Coast Guard vessels, Ingalls has been an important customer of AVEVA MARS since 2006. AVEVA MARS, with modules for Mate- rial, Planning and Production designedspecifically for the shipbuilding industry, has enabled Ingalls to streamline and im- prove shipyard and waterfront operations from initial proposals through to com-missioning. www.aveva.com/enterprise AVEVA Opens New Office in Helsinki AVEVA has opened a new office in Helsinki, Finland to support its growing presence in the country and to maximizebusiness opportunities in the power gen- eration industry. The office will offer sales and support for all AVEVA?s prod- ucts and solutions in both the plant andmarine sectors.Richard Longdon, CEO, AVEVA said, ?AVEVA continues to invest significantly in our long-term growth strategy. The new office in Helsinki is a perfect exam- ple of how we are expanding our geo- graphic footprint to provide better local service for our customers and create new channels for our business. In recent months we have opened a number of new offices in fast growing markets like Latin America, but also in well-established areas including Europe. We are very pos- itive about the prospects for our business and will continue to expand our global presence to meet our growth targets.? ABS Endows Chair in Ocean Engineering at University of California at Berkeley ABS has established the American Bu- reau of Shipping Endowed Chair in Ocean Engineering in the Department ofMechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley). Professor Ronald W. Yeung has received the inaugural appointment to this chairfor a five-year term, effective 1 July 2012 through 30 June 2017. Noreq Cranes for Offshore Wind Farms Noreq?s Danish subsidiary, Nore- qActa, has beenawarded the contract for 108 piecesWTPC?s (Wind Tur- bine Platform Cranes)to be placed on theWest of Duddon Sands (WODS) off- shore wind farm. The West of Duddon Sands wind farm is a joint venture be- tween Scottish Power Renewables and Danish company DONG Energy. The total capacity of the farm after start up will be 389 MW. MeteoGroup Singapore Opens The launch of MeteoGroup Singapore signals a significant expansion in South- east Asia for Europe?s independent weather company. MeteoGroup Singa- pore will initially focus on providing weather products and services to theSoutheast Asian shipping and offshore markets. MeteoGroup has provided mar- ket-leading marine weather services to this market for many years and the open- ing of an office in Singapore will enable the company to provide an enhanced level of service to existing customers and to expand its business in the territory. USS Iowa Repainted with PSX ONE Coating by PPGThe exterior of the historic battleship USS Iowa has been repainted using PSX(R) ONE coating, a one-componentacrylic-siloxane coating introduced lastyear by PPG Industries' protective and marine coatings business (PMC). The ship, which was originally commissioned in 1943 and served in the Atlantic and Pa- cific fleets during World War II, opened July 7 as an interactive naval museum at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif.Nearly 900 gallons of PSX ONE coat- ing were applied - in standard naval Haze Gray as well as black, red, white and blue- to the exterior surfaces of the USS Iowa. A crew of as many as 20 workers at a time painted the 887-foot-long battleshipfrom March through May, after which the ship was towed from Richmond, Calif., north of San Francisco, to its new home at Los Angeles Harbor in San Pedro, Calif.www.ppgpmc.com/northamerica Resource Power Group Authorized for Napier Turbochargers Large bore engine sales and service company, Resource Power Group (RPG) has received Napier Turbocharger?s au- thorization as a service, repair and spareparts center. This move compliments RPG?s existing capabilities as a medium speed engine, turbocharger, and fuel equipment service and sales company. Wärtsilä for Three New Statoil PSVs Wärtsilä contracted with Kleven Mar- itime AS to supply the ship designs for three new platform supply vessels (PSVs). Two of the vessels will be owned by Atlantic Offshore and the other by Remøy Shipping. All three ships will be operated by Statoil.The two PSVs for Atlantic Offshore will also feature Wärtsilä power and propulsion, electrical and automationsystems, including the Wärtsilä Low Loss Concept (LLC). The diesel-electric sys- tem provides additional reliability for continuous operation in various failure modes. The vessels will attain the high- est possible Environmental Rating Num- ber (ERN) of 99.99.99.99, representingtheir capacity to maintain position andnormal operations in certain weather con-ditions. The Integrated Automation Sys- tem (IAS) to be delivered will also include the advanced Wärtsilä ECOme- ter. This feature allows the operator to be able to optimize the vessel's fuel con- sumption, and is an efficient tool for track planning, as well as ensuring the most ef-ficient running of the generators. The vessels are also required to meet the IMO's most stringent requirements re-garding emissions of NOx. Wärtsilä's equipment deliveries will begin in autumn 2013, and all three ves- sels are scheduled to be operational bythe end of 2014.Caley Davits for Japanese FPVs Caley Ocean Systems has supplied davits for four Japanese Fisheries patrol vessels. The davits will allow the rapid deployment and retrieval of a range of high speed workboats, even in Sea State 6 conditions, during patrol operations.The all-weather Caley davits enable rigid inflatable boats (RIBS) to be held inreadiness and launched in seconds. Crew safety is paramount to the davit's han- dling system which features anti-pendu-lation control for pitch and roll dampingand reduction of pendulum swing. Dur- ing boat recovery, the towing boom posi- tions the boat under the davit, eliminating boat yaw, while light auto tension winch control eliminates snatching during re-covery. www.caley.co.uk Rolls-Royce to Power Drillships Rolls-Royce won orders worth over $110 million to supply large thrusters for offshore drilling vessels. These orders, which include options for additionalthrusters, are from a variety of customers who are expanding their drillship fleets and are driven by greater demand in oil and gas exploration in deep water and harsh conditions. MR#8 (90-97) Real:MR Template 8/13/2012 9:01 AM Page 91