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www.marinelink.com 55Autoload Stability - Marine Crane Software Solutions Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) has been developing load planning sys-tems for vessels for more than 25 years, with the goal of providing a solution that allows the operator to maximize efforts using whatever data is available. ASC believes the system should be able to function with minimal data when limited data is available, however, it should also be able to accept and use detailed infor- mation when it is available. This same concept was followed when developing the Crane Module. By early 2012 the crane module had been installed on more than 500 ves-sels, including Rolls-Royce and North American Shipbuilding, which signed contracts to supply Autoload with the Crane Module for its new builds.The Autoload 3D model includes a de- tailed model of the crane, including all moving components, winches, hooks and falls. When a user hooks a cargo to a crane, or multiple cranes, and moves it to another position, or moves the crane without a load, the vessel?s ß oating con- dition, stability, and strength are updated in real time. The resulting calculations are accurate since the weight and COG of every separate part of the crane, plus the weight of wire paid out, and even the buoyancy of a load when hooked and partially submerged are taken into account. Further, due to the detailed 3D model used, Autloload is able to export accurate moment of inertia data to third party systems.www.autoship.com Rolls-Royce Cranes for Brazilian PSVsRolls-Royce signed a contract with Detroit Chile SA for the delivery of offshore cranes to four platform supply vessels (PSVs) under construction at Detroit Brasil Ltda. shipyard, in Itajaì, Brazil. The delivery from Rolls-Royce will include four ship sets of the dual draglink crane - eight cranes in total. Upon completion, the vessels designed by Guido Perla, will enter service on an eight-year contract with the state owned Brazilian oil company Petrobras. Brazil-ian Starnav Serviços Marìtimos Ltda, a subsidiary of Detroit Chile SA, will operate the vessels. The dual draglink crane is optimized for safer and more ef-Þ cient load handling in harbor and on the ship?s deck while at sea, and the cranes are designed to allow fast and safer load-ing, unloading and moving of cargo over the entire length of the main deck, Rolls-Royce said. ?A con Þ guration with two cranes provides a safer, highly ef- Þ cient, redundant and independent load handling,? said Ottar Antonsen, General Manager Offshore, Rolls-Royce. ?These will be the Þ rst offshore vessels which can load and unload the deck using their own equipment.?www.rolls-royce.com Okeanus Winch Fleet Okeanus Science and Technology, LLC acquired a custom DT Marine 125- hp electric-hydraulic Slip-Ring Tow Winch, model DT-3125. The custom-de- signed winch is spooled with over 6,000 m (20,000 ft.) of 0.68-in. UNOLS coax cable. MR #9 (50-57).indd 55MR #9 (50-57).indd 559/3/2013 12:27:58 PM9/3/2013 12:27:58 PM