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42 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? JULY 2013 Martek Debuts Compact BNWAS Martek Marine launched a Lloyd?s Reg- ister MED-approved BNWAS designed speciÞ cally for smaller bridges to meet the next stage of BNWAS implementa- tion starting in July of this year. BN- WAS regulations state that existing car- go vessels between 500-3000GT must be compliant by July 2013 and vessels between 150-500GT by July 2014. Existing systems require a button to be pushed to conÞ rm the crew?s presence on the bridge. IMO legislation dic-tates that BNWAS systems? Þ rst stage alarm must sound between every three to 12 minutes. If the reset button is not pressed, the second stage will activate after 15 seconds. If the button is still not pushed, the third alarm will sound between every 90 - 180 seconds.Although effective in theory, there have been several incidents, including the grounding of MV Karin Schepers in 2009, on vessels which have had BN-WAS installed but switched off, as crew have simply found it too demanding to continue with other necessary work while being disturbed by such frequent alarms and the requirement to push a button so regularly. Martek has addressed this issue in sev-eral ways. First, with the inclusion of a passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor. This is built in to the device?s panel and detects movement on the bridge. No alarm sounds as long as movement is detected on the bridge, and crew can work undisturbed. Only when the sys-tem detects no movement for a set time, between the IMO?s mandated three and 12 minutes, will the alarms sound. Be-cause the PIR sensor is part of the pan-el, no extra installation is required and no additional wiring is needed, reduc-ing the cost, installation time and space needed.ABS Releases Ship Energy EfÞ ciency Measures AdvisoryABS released the ABS Ship Energy Ef- Þ ciency Measures Advisory to provide guidance on the wide range of options available to improve vessel efÞ ciency, reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions. The Advisory is designed to assist owners, operators and other stakeholders in conducting the tech-no-economic analysis needed to meet the challenges of rising fuel costs and increasing environmental regulatory requirements. The Ship Energy Ef Þ -ciency Measures Advisory gives de- cision-makers tools to make informed choices about the options available for improving vessel efÞ ciency, reducing fuel consumption and lowering emis-sions and guidelines for applying the technologies to their assets.Astrium Opens New Brazil OfÞ ceAstrium Services opened a new ofÞ ce in Rio de Janeiro that will focus on sales and support for service providers in the region. It will also be an important link for Norwegian customers of Marlink ? Astrium Services? direct sales channel ? many of whom have signiÞ cant op- erations in Brazil. The new of Þ ce is run by newly appointed Sales Director and Country Manager for Brazil, Fabio Ric-cetto. With over 20 years? experience in telecom sales and marketing, Riccetto provides the much needed local con-nection in Brazil.Stolt Upgrades VSAT Stolt Tankers has chosen Marlink to upgrade its entire ß eet of deep sea and regional tankers to the Sealink Global Ku-band VSAT service. The contract, signed in April 2013, covers the provi- sion of Sealink to 90 tankers, resulting in signiÞ cant bandwidth enhancements across the ß eet, meeting Stolt?s chang- ing connectivity requirements for op-erational and crew communication.ABS Enters Indian Wind Market ABS Consulting completed its Þ rst noise emission test in India for SRC Green Power?s wind turbine in Tirunelveli, India, just southwest of the state capital, Chennai. The noise as- sessment of the 250 kW wind turbine generator (WTG) was conducted by the company?s IEC 61400-11 accredited subcontractor, WIND-Consult. The test took three days to complete and provid-ed feedback on Noise Emission decibel levels at wind speeds ranging from 6 m/sec to 10 m/sec. This testing quali Þ es SRC Green Power?s 250 kW WTG in European markets and will also help SRC Green Power achieve Type Certi- Þ cation of the WTG. Wilhelmsen Upgrades Unitor-Generon N2 System Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions launched an upgraded Unitor-Generon inert gas system to fulÞ ll increased demand from shipping and offshore customers for a high-efÞ ciency, low energy purging and padding system for liquid cargo safety. The updated Unitor-Generon system features modern membrane technology developed by Generon which enables the complete system to produce re-quired levels of nitrogen using smaller compressors and other components, re-ducing overall footprint and lowering onboard energy consumption. Liebherr Opens in Miami The new Liebherr sales and service center celebrated its grand opening on June 11, 2013 in Miami, Florida. The new state-of-the-art facility is located in Hialeah Gardens just off Okeechobee and the Florida Turnpike. It will serve as a major hub for Liebherr maritime cranes and will further strengthen busi-ness relations to Latin America and the Caribbean. The investment sum for this new Liebherr subsidiary, situated on a total property area covering about 431,000 sq. ft., is approximately $20m.AMOS for PrimeServ Academy MAN Diesel & Turbo selected Spec- Tec?s AMOS software as assisting training tool to be used at the MAN PrimeServ Academy in Copenhagen. The AMOS database for this project has been created automatically by import-ing MAN Diesel & Turbo engine data which is standardized in accordance with the Shipdex protocol.Transas: VTS Contracts in Indonesia Transas Marine Paci Þ c and its local representative in Indonesia have been awarded new contracts from the Gov-ernment Department of Sea Transporta- tion to supply and install Vessel Traf Þ c Management Systems for Samarinda and Banjarmasin ports. In addition, Transas will upgrade the current VTS system in the Semarang port with a fully redundant AIS Base Station T214. Atlas Enterprises Moves a SuperyachtAtlas Enterprises recently moved the heaviest object employees have trans-ported since it was founded as Ron Hol-land Housemoving in the early 70s. The superyacht, a 215-ft. and 480-ton struc-ture, is equipped with a swimming pool on deck that doubles as a helicopter pad when the pool cover closes over the top. ?It?s not the largest thing I have ever driven,? said Chris Holland, president of Atlas Enterprises, ?but it is certainly the most expensive.? NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES GL Young Professionals Award: EfÞ ciency Innovators At a ceremony held at the Nor-Ship- ping maritime exhibition in Oslo, classiÞ cation society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) rewarded three young en-gineers for their outstanding scientiÞ c research with the GL Young Profes- sionals Award. Dr. Pierre C Sames, GL Senior Vice President and Head of Research and Rule Development presented the priz-es, which range in value from ?1,000-3,000 to winners from Greece and Germany. ? Lampros Nikolopoulos of the Na-tional Technical University of Athens received the top honor and a Þ rst prize of ?3,000 for his paper: ?Holistic Methodology for the Optimization of Tanker Design and Operation and its Applications.?? Second prize and with it an award of ?2,000 was given to Eva Binkowski from the University of Rostock for her paper: ?Optimization of a para-metrically modeled containership for power taking into account predicted operational proÞ les.?? Hannes Lindner of the University of Rostock was awarded third prize and ?1,000 for his paper ?Veri Þ ca-tion and Validation of numeric towing test with a ship model free to trim and submerge.? The three winners of the GL Young Professional Award. From left to right: Lampros Nikolopoulos, Eva Binkowski and Hannes Lindner. MR #7 (34-42).indd 42MR #7 (34-42).indd 427/1/2013 9:39:09 AM7/1/2013 9:39:09 AM