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FaroNauta S.A. Drydock

Marine will gain exclusive rights to provide services on all Rolls-Royce equipment coming into the ship- yard. In return, the cooperation is expected to bring in an increased fl ow of customers into the shipyard

The FARO 3D Documentation Conference, to be held October 13-15, 2014, was created as a forum for sharing knowledge, best practices and insight into the world of laser scanning and 3D documentation. Over the course of two days at Disney’s Swan & Dolphin

Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Fla., attendees will hear from respected visionaries on current issues and the future of our industry in the keynote sessions and learn hands-on from expert instructors in our work- shop sessions.

ABS was selected by Nakilat-Keppel Offshore &

Marine (N-KOM) to class its LB310S liftboat, the fi rst ever self-elevating unit built by the shipyard and the fi rst built in Qatar.

Hyde Marine, Inc. launched an agreement with Gol- tens Green Technologies division to help shipown- ers determine how to best fi t the chemical free Hyde

GUARDIAN Gold Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) onto its existing vessels.

W&O announced the expansion of its European op- erations into Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar through a strategic partnership with Puerto y Bahía, a marine supply company headquartered in Cadiz, Spain. To- gether, W&O Europe and Puerto y Bahia will be pro- viding customers a number of products, with a focus on DIN and JIS valves.

Danos recently named Glenn Gros General Manager of the company’s Fabrication Division. In addition to the day-to-day management and oversight of Danos’ nearly 30-year-old fabrication yard at the company’s headquarters’ in Larose, Gros will also be responsible for establishing the company’s new, waterfront fabri- cation yard.

Leslie Samel, PE, BCEE, has joined the multidis- ciplinary engineering fi rm Hatch Mott MacDonald, and will serve as a Senior Project Manager and offi ce leader at HMM’s offi ce in Jacksonville, Florida.

Fairbanks Morse Engine, an EnPro Industries com- pany, has named Rhett Merriman sales manager for marine power systems. Merriman is a veteran Fair- banks Morse manager, and brings a wealth of knowl- edge and experience to his new role. Throughout his 36-year career he has been involved with bringing large, complex power system projects from start to completion.

Stevens Institute

Photo: Stevens Institute of T echnology

First LNG-powered Icebreaker

Deltamarin Ltd. won a contract by Arctech Helsinki

Shipyard Inc. for the machinery and technical spaces outfi tting production design of the fi rst LNG-powered icebreaker. The vessel is to be built for the Finnish Trans- port Agencey, and aims to reduce emissions and fuel costs by using both diesel and LNG as fuel.

The icebreaker is designed especially for operations in the most challenging icebreaking conditions in the

Baltic Sea. The vessel will also be designed to handle oil spill response operations and emergency towing in demanding conditions at open sea in both winter and summer. This ensures year-round safe seaborne transports in the Baltic Sea. It will be delivered by the beginning of 2016.

The vessel will measure 110 x 24m and will have a maximum draught of 8m. It will be able to move con- tinuously through about 1.6m thick level ice and the service speed of the vessel in open water will be 16 knots. The icebreaker will have accommodation for a total of 24 persons, with reserve for additional crew in case of oil spill response operations. The work will be carried out using the AVEVA Marine Outfi tting software. Deltamarin has earlier delivered similar design packages for several icebreakers built at Arctech.

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