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Ponant new builds starting with Le La- Smith has again come to Laborde Prod- will now bring the Tradewinds Towing built with CAT D398 engines, both tugs pérouse in summer 2018. ucts looking for the Mitsubishi S12R to ? eet to seven vessels. The Rebekah and will be ? tted with fully mechanical, EPA repower two sister built tugs he recently Hannah, ex Benjamin Foss and David Tier 3 Mitsubishi S12R-Y3MPTAW-4

Roxtec Expands in North America purchased to be employed on a long term Foss were built in 1980 at Main Iron rated 1,100HP at 1,600RPM, along with

Roxtec launched its second specialized charter. The addition of the two new tugs Works and both are 80 x 26 ft. Originally Reintjes WAF 562 transmissions. service company offering inspections and maintenance of cable and pipe tran- sits. The new Roxtec Services US LLC is a subsidiary of Roxtec Services AB.

It is based in Houston, Texas, and will cover ships and offshore units all over

North America.

Rolls-Royce, Stena Line Partner on

Ship Intelligence

Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce signed a deal with Stena

Line AB to collaborate in the develop- ment of its ? rst intelligent awareness system. Intelligent awareness systems are designed to make vessels safer, easier and more ef? cient to operate by providing crew with an enhanced under- standing of their vessel’s surroundings, according to Rolls-Royce. This will be achieved by fusing data from a range of sensors with information from existing ship systems; such as Automatic Iden- ti? cation System (AIS) and radar. Data from other sources, including global databases, will also have a role. Rolls-

Royce said it expects to be able to under- take an Approval of Concept and have its intelligent awareness product com- mercially available later in 2017.

Marlink Acquires Palantir

Marlink has acquired Palantir AS, a Nor- way-based maritime IT company spe- cializing in remote IT management so- lutions. The Share Purchase Agreement whereby Marlink acquired 100 percent of Palantir AS shares was completed on

March 17, 2017.

Tradewinds Towing Returns to

Laborde for Repowers

In September of 2006, Dominique Smith of the then one tug company Tradewinds

Towing came to Laborde Products, to look at the S12R engine for the repower of the Miss Lis, an Alaskan built low pro- ? le tug he planned on repowering. Later that same month, the deal was made, and shortly thereafter, the Miss Lis set sail with new Mitsubishi engines and Rein- tjes transmissions supplied by Laborde

Products. Since then, the engines have logged over 30,000 hours travelling throughout North, Central and South

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