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wanted to have a simple and fully automatic BWM system that requires minimum maintenance and little training of the operator.”


Contact Hyde Marine Inc. 2000 McLaren Woods Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15108, USA. Tel +1 800/422-7266 Fax +1 440/871-8104 E-mail sales@hydemarine.com www.hydemarine.com


CAD/CAM NAPA gets onboard with BAS


Onboard-Napa Ltd has signed an agreement on cooperation with BAS Engineering AS earlier this year. This agreement will enable Onboard-Napa to increase the company’s support to ship designers in Norway, and answers the growing development demands of the offshore industry. “Onboard-Napa’s software businesses with their


focus on efficiency and safety have tremendous scope for growth,” says Sebastian Sjöberg, Area Sales Manager at Onboard-Napa. “We have strengthened our market approach by cooperating with BAS. This provides flexibility and allows us to implement Onboard-NAPA solutions and processes to increase our market share. And, importantly, we have an excellent opportunity to provide even better service for our customers, locally.” “BAS has extensive experience in developing


tailor-made applications for NAPA - macros, widgets and managers. We also do programming with the NAPA API. BAS has developed applications for the majority of NAPA users in Norway, and we have also carried out software development related to the NAPA Manager for Napa Ltd in Finland,” says Runar Aasen, Head of Customer Relations at BAS. “Our experience and knowledge of engineering give excellent support for Onboard-Napa’s business expansion”. Onboard-Napa will further expand its presence


on the market and will respond better to demands for software solutions increasing the safety of ship operations. BAS will be able to provide Onboard- NAPA software engineering as well as education and services for users of the NAPA and Onboard- NAPA solutions.


Contact Onboard Napa, PO Box 470, FI-00181 Helsinki, Finland. Tel +358 9 22 813 1 Fax +358 9 22 813 600


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BAS Engineering has signed agreement to get onboard Napa.


E-mail obnapa.service @ napa.fi www.napa.fi


Communications Siemens equips


heavy-lift carrier Siemens Industry Solutions has received an order from Zhejiang Shara-Ever Business Co. Ltd. to supply the electrical propulsion equipment for a semi-submersible heavy-lift carrier with a loading capacity of 38,000dwt. This includes the diesel- electric propulsion package for medium voltage and low voltage drives as well as the power management and automation systems. The order is worth several million Euros. The vessel will be built at the Chinese shipyard Zhejiang Bandao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Zhoushan, and is due to enter service at the end of 2011. Siemens is supplying three 5400kVA generators


for the onboard power supply, the switchgear and power management system for the vessel’s MV distribution. The scope of supply includes the MV main thruster transformers, the frequency converters and the motors, as well as the LV tunnel thruster transformers along with the associated frequency converters and motors. Siship IMAC, the ship’s automation system, will perform monitoring, alarm and control functions for the electrical equipment onboard. Siemens is also responsible for project


management, engineering and commissioning of the entire electrical equipment. All systems and components used are part of the “Siship” solution platform from Siemens.


Contact Siemens AG, Marine Solutions, Lindenplatz 2, 20099 Hamburg, Germany.


The Naval Architect September 2010


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