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62 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? OCTOBER 2013 Tero Marine, RK Offshore Ink Deal Norway IT company Tero Marine won a con- tract with RK Offshore Management to install its TM Master software on 26 offshore vessels. The leasing contract covers 26 RK Offshore supply ships, with the possibility of extending this to an additional 15 vessels. The Þ ve-year agreement enables RK Offshore to lease soft- ware from Tero Marine for a contractually Þ xed annual sum. Implementation of the Tero Marine software on RK Offshore ships is already in progress, and expected to be completed by the end of September. The lease agreement is a new concept now offered by Tero Marine. www.teromarine.no Herbert-ABS Releases New Load Management Software Herbert-ABS Software Solutions LLC releases its lat-est version of CargoMax Load Management Program for ships. The new CargoMax 2.1 includes calcula- tion enhancements for load discharge rate monitoring, advanced load/discharge/ballast water exchange se- quencing and advanced bulk pile features. Addition- ally, a fully rendered 3-D graphical display shows tank and cargo Þ llings, vessel attitude and is fully interac- tive with pan, zoom, rotate and customizable cutting planes. A trim optimization tool also has been added and is integrated into CargoMax 2.1. CargoMax is available for use on board tankers, bulkers, RoRo?s, containerships, barges and other vessel types and is just one of many innovative offerings from Herbert- ABS that Þ ll an important role in safety efforts and en- ergy ef Þ ciency for the marine and offshore industries. www.herbert-abs.com Hapag-Lloyd Uses GL HullManagerHapag-Lloyd will implement GL HullMan- ager as its cen-tral monitoring and reporting tool for hull maintenance activities. GL HullManager is a part of DNV GL?s ß eet management software portfo- lio and is designed to provide ship owners, managers and operators hull inspection and thickness measure-ment support. Ship owners can use the system to plan, track and implement the inspection strategies for their ß eet. It provides signi Þ cant bene Þ ts by reducing re- pair costs, demonstrating regulatory compliance and streamlining internal processes. GL HullManager helps owners to keep track of the condition of their vessels? hull, on a ship speci Þ c 3D model complete with all of a ship?s structural details. www.gl-group.com MSL Converts Fleet with MakaiLayGlobal Marine is in the process of converting six of its cable installation and repair vessels to begin using Makai soft-ware. Makai software prod-ucts are now used by more than 80% of the world?s cable installation ß eet, the company claims. GMSL vessels will use the latest versions of three different Makai cable software products:1. The MakaiLay cable installation software 2. The new MakaiRepair cable retrieval and repair software.3. The MakaiLay Seismic module which will enhance the capabilities of GMSL in accurately installing and retrieving seismic arrays.www.makai.com FutureShip ECO-Assistant 4.0 The latest ver- sion of ECO-Assistant, the trim optimiza-tion tool from FutureShip, incorporates a number of new features, in-cluding a fuel consumption calculator, system usage monitoring, beneÞ t reporting and an E-learning module to speed familiarity with the system. Trim optimization is one of the most effective tools for enhancing ship fuel ef Þ -ciency as it offers bene Þ ts which have been veri Þ ed in sea trials, can be easily implemented on existing ton-nage and has a payback time which can be measured in months. www.futureship.de Interschalt?s TROP Module Hansa Shipping has been using Interschalt?s MACS3 load-ing computer for its own con-tainer ß eet for several years. It recently opt-ed for a system upgrade, plac-ing an order for 30 TROP modules for the loading computer. Interschalt?s TROP software optimizes trim with regards to the current loading condition and main engine power. As an integrated module of the MACS3 loading com-puter, it ensures best possible ballast distribution, whereby extreme demands are made in terms of fuel efÞ ciency and safety alongside vessel stability. The system will be used by Hansa Shipping on vessels ranging from 2,500 and 6,500 TEU. www.interschalt.de Software SolutionsVirtual Design Center Virtual Design Center for Navantia for Navantia Sener won the bid for the turnkey project for the second Virtual Design Center (VDC) of Navan- tia, this time for its Factory in Ferrol. With capacity for 30, the new VDC has a Þ xed screen of 5 x 2.6 m, with overhead projector and a system of Þ rst re- ß ection mirrors due to the dimensions of the room. The VDC allows a virtual navigation throughout ship 3D models generated in Foran by Navantia in Ferrol. The solution allows Navantia to visualize and navigate in 3D using stereoscope technology for models of ships previously generated with the CAD/CAM Foran system developed by Sener and used in Navantia for the design and production of any kind of vessel. One of the most important advantages this provides to Navantia is the ability to examine virtual mod-els of their ships, letting them move around in real time, inquire about their properties and attributes, to detect collisions and interferences, to make notes and measure margins and distances. It also provides dynamic analysis of modiÞ cations and changes in design and simulates disassembly tasks and other maintenance operations. The software solution delivered to Navantia is a 3D navigation module called FVIEWER VR, which is part of the Foran system. Its most signiÞ cant inno- vations include the ability to use it with a tracking system. FVIEWER VR can be used in 64-bit plat- forms, and it takes advantage of the properties of the latest generation of graphic cards, which can be used to manage enormous volumes of data. Sener is continuously improving this module to adapt it to the latest technological breakthroughs in audio-visuals. www.sener.es Jan Erik Hårvei, managing director, Tero Marine, MR #10 (58-65).indd 62MR #10 (58-65).indd 6210/3/2013 2:16:47 PM10/3/2013 2:16:47 PM