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Sperry Navigat 2500 & 3500

Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine launched NAVIGAT 2500 and 3500, its next generation high accuracy, maintenance-free Fiber

Optic Gyro (FOG) compasses. The NAVIGAT family of compasses provide heading measurement in all kinds of dynamic conditions with compatibility to Sperry Marine CompassNet, the ? rst net- worked heading management system. NAVIGAT 2500 and NAVI-

Kongsberg Maritime

GAT 3500 are based on solid-state technology with no moving parts, offering compact size and low weight. They have very high ‘mean

Kongsberg for Mystic time between failures’ of 150,000 hours with no annual maintenance.

The units have rapid alignment time once installed and unlike HRG

Kongsberg Maritime won contracts worth compasses whose performance in harsh environments can become $32 million to equip three adventure cruise degraded over time, NAVIGAT FOG compasses have no moving ships, with a fourth to follow, for Portuguese parts and are said to provide a higher level of long term accuracy, cruise company Mystic Cruises. Built by West- especially for heading, roll/pitch, rate of turn and heave. NAVIGAT

Sea Viana Shipyard in Portugal, the vessels are 2500 and 3500 are fully compatible with CompassNet. With simpli- to be used for expeditions in the polar regions.

? ed cabling, rapid installation and increased redundancy, Compass-

The 126-meter, 9,300-metric-ton luxury craft

Net supports easier integration with existing sensors and third party will join an existing trio of sister ships to bring equipment with reduced installation time and a phased upgrade path.

the ? eet to seven identical vessels, the ? rst of which – World Explorer – entered service in 2019. Designed by Italian naval architect

Giuseppe Tringali, the ships have an operating cruise speed of 16 knots and have hulls and propellers strengthened for use in ice, making them suitable to visit destinations which are not accessible to larger cruise liners. Each has luxury suite and cabin accommodation for an exclusive 200 passengers.

Kongsberg Maritime will deliver main engines, auxiliary engines, motion control, propulsion, power electric systems, automation and control systems. The equipment is sched- uled for delivery on a per-vessel basis through- out 2020 and 2021.

Sperry Marine ‘Big Berty’ Mag Drive MICROPUMP Hybrid Transmission LNG Systems Simulator

Australian Pump introduced The MICROPUMP range of ZF Marine expands with its ? rst Wärtsilä’s new LNG Bunker-

Bertolini’s new CAX Series magnet drive gear pumps has hybrid transmission, ZF 5200 ing & Supply System simula- heavy duty triplex pumps, of- been extended, for ? uids han- A/V PTI, that can be installed in tor aims to improve the level fering pressures up to 750 bar dling applications with system the ship in both V (V drive) and of training, and thereby safety, and ? ows up to 25 liters a min- pressures up to 103 Bar (1500 A (down angle) positions. It can for operators of LNG systems. ute at 1,000 rpm. The pump psi) and maximum differential transmit primary drive outputs It covers all operations related head is stainless steel (316). pressures to 8.5 Bar. of up to 3,500 hp. to the use of LNG fuel.

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