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Thursday, August
17 2000
Kelvin Hughes ECDIS chosen for Watch-1
chemical tanker
The first Kelvin Hughes type approved electronic chart and display
system
(ECDIS) has been installed on a new chemical carrier, as part
of an
integrated bridge system (IBS) that meets DNV Watch-1 standards.
The Kelvin Hughes NINAS 9000 integrated
bridge system has been installed on Stolt Cormorant, part of
the Stolt Nielsen chemical carrier fleet. Built at the INMA shipyard
in La Spezia, Italy, the vessel is a 5,200 dwt chemical parcel
tanker, currently operating a very busy schedule in western European
waters.
The ECDIS is part of the full Kelvin Hughes
integrated bridge system
supplied to the vessel, and has been classed as compliant with
Watch1 requirements, following design approval and onboard testing.
Stolt Cormorant is the first of a class
of three vessels. The other ships,
Stolt Shearwater and Stolt Fulmar, are each being fitted with
a Kelvin Hughes NINAS 9000 integrated bridge system.
A spokesman for Stolt Nielsen said, "The
granting of Watch1 certification is
in keeping with our policy of building and operating ships to
the highest
standards. In working with Kelvin Hughes we have found excellent
co-operation and they have responded well to any requests we
have made."
Coflexip Stena aids in sub rescue bid
At the request of the British Ministry
of Defense, Coflexip Stena Offshore has released
the vessel Normand Pioneer to assist with the rescue mission
of the Russian submarine, Kursk, sunk in the Barents Sea. The
vessel is owned by Solstad Shipping AS and is on long term charter
to Coflexip Stena Offshore. Normand Pioneer will act as a mother
ship for deployment of rescue equipment and the submarine LR5.
The rescue submarine, LR5, to be deployed
in the rescue effort by the British Royal Navy was built in 1978
by Perry Slingsby Systems Ltd. U.K., which is wholly owned by
the Coflexip Stena Offshore Group.
Coflexip Stena Offshore Group has also
released specialist offshore operational personnel to assist
in deployment activities. In addition the Group will provide
technicians and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), one of which
is a Triton(R) XL, No.18, which was designed and built by Perry
Slingsby Systems Inc., U.S. affiliate of the Coflexip Stena Offshore
Group.
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