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NEW NIGHT/DAY VISION SYSTEM PROVIDES A CLEAR VIEW AHEAD
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
When navigating at night or keeping watch over a poorly lit area, safety and accuracy are extremely important. With Night Vision Technologies' (NVTi) new Night Nav NV1010 low-lux video imaging system, operators can quickly detect, observe and identify objects in any light or environmental condition. Delivering crisp, high-quality images, the state-of-the-art NV1010 renders video utilizing ambient light, including starlight, moonlight, cloud-reflected light and running light. Featuring a rugged IP67 pan/tilt housing and controller, it's compatible with any display that accepts a standard NTSC composite video signal. Due to its 360º pan range and 25mm lens, this unit provides an extensive ...
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OPPORTUNITY TO PHOTOGRAPH CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD’S FIRST HYBRID TUG
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Foss Rainier Shipyard Opens its Doors During Construction for Sneak Peak of Ground-Breaking Vessel Who: Foss Maritime Company invites interested members of the media to get a sneak peak of the world’s first Hybrid Tug while it is still in construction at its Rainier, Oregon shipyard. When: August 26, 2008 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Where: Foss Rainier Shipyard 611 East ‘A’ Street Rainier, OR 97048 503.556.2396 What: ● Foss’ first Hybrid Tug combines batteries, generators and main engines to reduce pollution and offer greater fuel economy. ● The technology used is flexible and can be used to convert other ...
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Mr. Willem H. den Ouden, founding father of the well-known Dutch manufacturers VETUS passed away
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Last Friday, August 8th, 2008, Mr. Willem H. den Ouden, founding father of the well-known Dutch manufacturers of marine engines and technical boat equipment, VETUS of Schiedam, has passed away in his house in the South of France, after a short period of illness. He has reached the age of 73 and that is very young, with a view to the active life that he was still leading. After saying farewell to VETUS, he has been heading a few other companies, with his usual zest and enthusiasm. Willem den Ouden was a man of large stature and VETUS owes him ...
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Vumii Forms Strategic Partnership with Japanese Security Distributor
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Agreement with InfoTech Brings Vumii’s Innovative Long-Range Surveillance Cameras to Japan ATLANTA – August 12, 2008 – Vumii, a developer of highly engineered yet easy to use long-range, day/night surveillance camera systems, today announced a partnership with InfoTech, a Tokyo-based distributor that provides advanced physical security solutions to the Japanese market. InfoTech, under the terms of the agreement, will offer Vumii’s complete line of Discoverii day/night camera systems designed for unsurpassed image clarity and magnification capabilities for perimeter and border surveillance applications. The distributor has a lengthy and successful track record of supplying the most advanced security products for challenging ...
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RESON sonar systems protects G8 summit in Japan
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
During the recent G8 Summit, the Japanese police decided to protect Tokyo Bay against underwater threats by using a waterside security system based on SeaBat multibeam sonar systems. To prevent underwater terrorist attacks and disturbances by activities at the G8 Summit, held in Hokkaido Toyako, Japan, the Japanese police decided to use underwater security sonar to protect the Tokyo Bay and the coast around the Tomari nuclear power plant situated in the Shakotan peninsula. It was the first time ever that underwater security sonar systems were used this way in Japan. The Tomari nuclear power plant is an important facility ...
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Strong demand continues for MacGREGOR lift-away hatch covers
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
MacGREGOR is continuing to enjoy a strong demand for its lift-away hatch covers and in July it received contracts for over €25 million worth of cargo access equipment that is destined for 39 container ships on order in South Korea In July, the MacGREGOR Group – part of Cargotec Corporation – received hatch cover orders worth over €25 million which will see the company making deliveries of its lift-away weatherdeck hatch covers to container carriers until 2011. The cargo access equipment contracts are for 39 ships on order at Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South ...
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Cicek Shipyard at SMM Hamburg
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Cicek Shipyard is located in Tuzla Bay, near Istanbul, Turkey. It constructs a wide range of award-winning merchant vessels including bulk carriers, chemical tankers and container ships utilising a Panamax building dock and two slipways. At SMM, (Hall B4, Stand no 540) Cicek Shipyard’s stand will reflect its versatility, displaying recent ships completed or under construction including IMO II chemical tankers ranging in size from 15,000dwt to 26,000dwt, some of which were built to ice class 1A standards for North European trading; a 1300TEU multipurpose breakbulk/container vessel; and a 58,000dwt Supramax bulk carrier, the largest vessel ever to be built ...
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MAN Diesel PrimeServ Adds Valencia To After-sales Network 13 August 2008
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
MAN Diesel PrimeServ, MAN Diesel’s after-sales division, recently expanded its global network to 58 hubs with the official opening of its Valencia office. The new centre was inaugurated at a ceremony on July 17th in the presence of staff and industry representatives, where Carlos Keller, Service Director for PrimeServ Spain, gave the opening speech to a large attendance of invited guests. The seed for the Valencia office was planted in 2005 when Carlos Keller himself headed a group tasked with improving the quality of service to MAN Diesel’s Spanish customers. The decision to open a service centre stemmed from this, ...
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Fairplay and Multraship join forces
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship and Hamburg-based Fairplay Towage have joined forces to create a platform for expansion. Under the agreement Fairplay BV, the Dutch arm of the Fairplay group, will take a 50 percent shareholding in Muller Maritime Holding, the holding company for Multraship. The two companies joined forces in order to strengthen their strategic position and intend to expand their activities jointly. Leendert Muller, managing director of Multraship, says, “Joining forces with Fairplay creates a strong platform for growth for Multraship. Both companies are owned by families with deep experience in towage and salvage. We have had ...
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Hemisphere GPS to Supply CPAC Systems AB with LV100™ GPS Compass
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Calgary, AB — August 11, 2008— (TSX: HEM) Hemisphere GPS has entered into a contractual agreement in which it will supply CPAC Systems AB custom-built LV100 GPS Compasses. The LV100 is a complete GPS compass and positioning assembly utilizing a unique patent-pending design featuring a single carrier board with integrated GPS antennas. “We are pleased to have this opportunity to work with CPAC Systems AB,” said Phil Gabriel, Hemisphere GPS General Manager of Precision Products. “We are proud that the LV100 GPS Compass will be a part of the cuttingedge products produced by CPAC Systems.” The LV100 GPS Compass is ...
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AUSTAL USA NAMES DIRECTOR OF COMMERCIAL SALES
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
To strengthen the commercial focus for Austal USA, Michael Pinkham has joined Austal’s Mobile, Alabama team as the Director of Commercial Sales. Formerly with Seacoast Electronics as the Vice President Sales & Marketing, Mr. Pinkham brings 32 years of experience from several areas in the shipbuilding and repair industry. He started his maritime career in the Norfolk Shipbuilding Apprentice Program and has since held various positions in production, estimating, contract administration and project management as well as sales and marketing. When asked to comment on the employment of Mr. Pinkham, Austal USA’s Chief Operating Officer, Joe Rella said, “We look ...
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AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) Announces deployment of the WatchMate™
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Sidney, BC, Canada. August 7, 2008 AXYS Technologies Inc. has successfully deployed the WatchMate™, the most recent addition to its buoy product line up. The buoy was deployed by AXYS personnel in 21 metres water depth at 10:06 AM PDT on July 30, 2008 in Haro Strait, 5 kilometers off the coast of Vancouver Island. The buoy will be on station until at least the spring of 2009. Data from the new WatchMate™ buoy can be viewed online at: http://data.axystechnologies.com:5858/AXYSWebView/WEBVIEW/webview.aspx username: watchmate password: watchmate The 1.4 metre diameter buoy is outfitted with a standard meteorological package (winds, air ...
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Keppel FELS to build seventh ENSCO deepwater rig worth US$560 million
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has won the contract to build the seventh ENSCO 8500 Series® deepwater semisubmersible (semi) worth US$560 million. This sum includes equipment specified by the owner. To be delivered in the second half of 2012, the ENSCO 8506 will be the seventh consecutive semi that Keppel FELS is constructing for ENSCO International Incorporated (ENSCO). The contract follows shortly after the award of the sixth semi, ENSCO 8505, that was announced on 1 June 2008. Mr Daniel W. Rabun, Chairman, President and CEO of ENSCO said, "Working with a leading shipyard that is familiar with our needs ...
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ZF MARINE MOVING NORTH AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS TO NEW LOCATION IN MIRAMAR, FLORIDA
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – ZF Marine – the marine propulsion systems division of the ZF Group – is relocating its North American headquarters from Hollywod, FL, to Miramar, FL, effective Jaunary 1, 2009. The new facility will be located at 15351 SW 29th Street, Miramar, FL 33027. Currently, ZF Marine LLC is housed in a 32,000 square-foot facility in Hollywood, FL The new facility in Miramar nearly doubles the current size to 62,500 square feet. “This increase in our overall space, will help ready us for the addition of future ZF Marine product families while being more centrally located to ...
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Bay-Houston Towing Company Receives First Conrad Z-Tech Tug
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Bay-Houston Towing Co. has taken delivery of another of their innovative Z-Tech 7500 tugs. The Z-Tech 7500 design is the largest of the Robert Allan line of Z-Tech tugboats. The LEXIE M was delivered to Bay-Houston on July 8, 2008 by her builder, Conrad’s Orange Shipbuilding yard after extensive dock and sea trials in Orange, Texas. The LEXIE M is the first Z-Tech 7500 to be completed by Orange Ship Building, and is only the third Z-Tech to be built in the United States. The arrival of the LEXIE M brings to 16 the number of harbor tugs in Bay-Houston ...
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TITAN Salvage Removes Accommodations Block from Sunken Ship, New Flame, in Gibraltar
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
(Pompano, Fla.; August 13, 2008) TITAN Salvage, Crowley Maritime Corporation's salvage and wreck removal company reported today that its salvage team on site in Gibraltar responding to the wreck of the bulk ship New Flame took a major step forward in the project last week when salvors removed the wreck's 600-ton accommodations block. The lift of the accommodations block was performed using the Taklift VI, a large sheerleg crane capable of lifting up to 1,200 tons. The Taklift VI was mobilized from Brazil following a global search by TITAN salvors for the vessel best suited for the remaining phases of ...
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BROADPOINT ANNOUNCES BRYAN OLIVIER AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
HOUSTON (AUGUST 12, 2008) – Broadpoint, a full-service telecommunications and network solutions company, has announced Bryan Olivier as its chief operating officer. Bryan Olivier has more than 27 years of experience in management, engineering and network operations at leading companies in the telecommunications and energy industries. “Bryan’s experience gives him extensive technical expertise that will be invaluable to our company,” said Errol Olivier, president and CEO of Broadpoint. “His leadership will not only bring new products and services to Broadpoint’s customers, but also streamline our existing operations.” Along with other initiatives, Bryan Olivier will focus on expanding Broadpoint’s reliable, cost-effective ...
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We are pleased to welcome Broadpoint as the Premier Corporate Sponsor
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Broadpoint's goal is to increase the productivity of your employees by keeping you connected with your remote locations through cellular and satellite technologies. In line with this goal, Broadpoint offers the first GSM digital wireless network that coverages more than 100,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico. The maximum mobility of cellular service provides voice, voicemail, texting, faxing, internet, email, data and SCADA. Since establishing a C-band satellite teleport and switch facility in 1986, Broadpoint provides services to over 200 offshore and onshore remotes globally. The Ku and C-band satellite packages come ready-for-deployment or as customized engineered solutions. Satellite ...
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Conrad Industries Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results and Celebrates 60th Year in Business
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Morgan City, Louisiana (August 13, 2008) – Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) today announced its second quarter and six months 2008 results and recognized its 60th year in business. For the quarter ended June 30, 2008, Conrad achieved net income of $6.9 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.96 compared to net income of $4.6 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.63 during the second quarter of 2007. The Company had net income of $11.5 million and earnings per diluted share of $1.58 for the six months ended June 30, 2008 compared to net income of ...
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London’s top six shipbrokers present £50,000 cheque to the Cutty Sark Trust
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
London’s top shipbrokers have backed the project to secure the future of the world’s most famous sailing ship, Cutty Sark, by donating a cheque for £50,000 to aid conservation work following last year’s fire. Keith Amato, Director of ACM, Denis Petropoulos, Joint Managing Director of Braemar Seascope, Robert Knight, Managing Director of tankers at Clarksons, Martyn Burst from Galbraith’s, Kevin Rose, Director at Gibson and Michael Brown, Managing Director of SSY presented the cheque to Richard Doughty, CEO of the Cutty Sark Trust. Although only 2% of the Cutty Sark’s original structure was damaged by the fire, the scope of ...
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Internal audit operating in isolation in UK insurance industry
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
According to a survey by leading accountant and consultant Moore Stephens, internal audit may be operating in too much isolation in some quarters of the UK insurance industry, and needs to continue to widen its remit beyond its traditional operational areas to include a broader range of skills, including business strategy. The survey also showed that, despite the current economic environment, investment and reinsurance security are not high on the internal audit agenda. The survey confirmed that the perceived independence of internal audit needs to be addressed. It showed that 28 per cent of internal audit departments do not report ...
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