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Te Brude Gangway System meets latest SOLAS


requirements, the classification society SeeBg (ISO 5488) and national Norwegian authority requirements (NS 6249).


Contact Brude Safety AS,Gangstøvikveien 4, Box 4, NO-6025 Ålesund, Norway Tel +47 70 15 87 00 fax + 47 70 15 87 01 E-mail office@brude.no www.brude.no


Shipboard cranes Palfinger into


Singapore Marine crane manufacturer Palfinger, of Salzburg, incorporated a new subsidiary in Singapore in early March 2009. Te parent company, which specialises in foldable knuckle boom cranes, heavy duty knuckle boom cranes, stiff boom cranes and telescopic boom cranes for shipboard and onshore use, said that the new Palfinger Systems (SEA) Pte. Ltd, represented a joint venture between Palfinger Systems GmbH and long-term partner Wong Fong Engineering Works (1988) Pte. Ltd. Palfinger Systems (SEA) Pte. Ltd. will be led by


regional director Jack Wong. The company will further develop the sales, after-sales and service support infrastructure in the region for the complete Palfinger product range. “We are committed to our customers and have a


long-term focus,” said Michel van Wees, Palfinger Systems managing director. “We want a local presence to be able to communicate closely and give the best possible support. Te Marine and Offshore business is worldwide and that is why we are establishing global footprints in strategic global locations.” Tis is the second new Palfinger sales and service


company estabablished by Palfinger in recent months, aſter the company set up Palfinger Systems, Turkey, in October 2008.


Ancillary equipment Cathelco’s tube


protection Cathelco has launched a system which is specifically designed to protect box coolers against the bio-fouling that can be caused by barnacles and mussels. Cathelco’s anode-based technology has been


used to protect box coolers in the past, having been inserted through the side of the seachest, but the new approach sees anodes completely submerged for the


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first time. In the new approach, the anode is mounted


horizontally beneath the cooling tubes and has cathode plates on either side, creating a more even distribution of copper ions over the entire surface area. Te ions create an environment where mussel and barnacle larvae do not settle or grow, avoiding the problems which are caused when they multiply and become encrusted on cooling tubes. “Te system will provide greater effectiveness in


eliminating bio-fouling in box coolers enabling vessel operators to reduce their maintenance costs and make savings in fuel consumption”, said Justin Salisbury, managing director of Cathelco Ltd. A purpose built mounting unit has been designed


to hold the anode horizontally in direct line with seawater flowing from the inlet to the cooling tubes. A cable exit boss is supplied by Cathelco with double watertight cable glands to produce an effective seal. In common with Cathelco’s existing equipment,


the box cooler system is based on the electrolytic principle where current is supplied to the anode from a control panel. Te first vessel to be installed with the new box


cooler system is Venus, an 86m car ferry operated by the Swedish Road Administration on the short crossing between Svanesund and Kolhattan. Te system protects two seachests, each containing


four box coolers using two Cathelco anode units mounted beneath each cooler. The installation work was carried out by Marinprodukter, Cathelco’s Swedish agent.


Contact Cathelco Ltd, Marine House, Hipper Street South, Chesterfield S40 1SS, UK. Tel +44 1246 246700 Fax +44 1246 246701 E-mail sales@cathelco.com Web www.cathelco.com


Cathelco’s box cooler designed to protect against bio-fouling.


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