TRADE AND EQUIPMENT NEWS
Contact: Jim Deheer, marine operations manager, Silva Ltd, Unit 7, Elphinstone Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
EH54 8RG, Scotland. Tel: + 44 1506 406277. E-mail:
info@silva.ltd.uk
C-Map acquired
The Boeing Company has purchased C- Map, a leading provider of digital maritime cartography, data services, and other navigational information. C-Map will become a part of Jeppesen's marine division. Jeppesen is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services. Meanwhile, C-MAP by Jeppesen has
announced that a pilot program for its WeatherView product concluded with a large, long-term order with a German customer. Wappen Reederei has subscribed 16 of its vessels to the service on a five-year contract. The WeatherView service was used on trial for several months onboard Wappen von Stuttgart. C-MAP WeatherView is useful for mariners
that only require a dedicated weather forecast. It provides innovative functionality and a customised presentation. Its functionality includes easy-to-use weather downloads, high-quality met-ocean data, user-friendly presentation options, innovative alarm functionality, route planning, response calculations, and a flexible subscription. Meanwhile, Jeppesen Marine’s latest
addition to its products, Bathy Recorder, automatically records depth information from a compatible sounder or NMEA source to build a highly detailed real-time analysis of 3D bottom information. The system constantly records depth and
position information to build a detailed 3D image - a kind of Google Earth picture of the
The Bathy Recorder gives real-time 3D analysis of the seabed.
sea bed - which is useful for survey, fishing, and diving applications. To compliment the Bathy Recorder add-
on, Nobeltec has a dual-frequency black box sounder that can be incorporated into the system or alternatively any NMEA depth source can be utilised. The Bathy Recorder is priced at £475.00,
including VAT, and is available from Marine Electronic Services Ltd, Jeppesen Marine’s authorised Nobeltec distributor within the UK.
Contact: Mike Pound, manager
communications, Jeppesen Sanderson Inc, 55 Inverness Drive East, Englewood CO 80112-5498, USA. Tel: +1 303 328 4777. E-mail:
michael.pound@jeppesen.com www.jeppesen.com
New pyrotechnic company created
A new company, Chemring Marine Ltd, has been formed to handle two of the world’s leading pyrotechnic brands for the leisure and commercial marine sectors. Headquartered in the UK, Chemring Marine will market the
Pains Wessex and Comet brands. This single company provides more
flexibility and increased capability, enabling Chemring Marine to improve its supply and service into its key markets from its manufacturing sites in Europe. Chemring Marine’s sales team, based in the
UK, Germany, and the USA, will handle sales throughout the world, working through the established and long standing network of sales distributors for both Pains Wessex and Comet. All orders and product support will be handled from Chemring Marine’s headquarters in the UK. Contact: Chemring Group PLC, Chemring House, 1500 Parkway, Whiteley Fareham, Hampshire PO15 7AF, UK.
Tel: +44 1489 881880. Fax: +44 1489 881123. E-mail:
info@chemring.co.uk
Maintenance software for ferries Planned maintenance system software will be installed aboard Scillonian III and Gry Maritha of the Isle of Scilly Steamship Co. Marine Software will provide the ‘Lite’ version of its system, as only a basic system is needed for a smaller company. The software is also available in ‘Full’ and
‘Mini’ versions, for fleet users and smaller vessels respectively. Using the planned maintenance software, the Isle of Scilly Steamship Co was able to complete the installation in-house, without the need for outside consultancy. Contact: Marine Software Ltd, Unit 3,
Aylesham Business Park, Aylesham, Kent CT3 3AJ, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1304 840009. Fax: +44 (0) 1304 840075.
E-mail:
info@marinesoftware.co.uk www.marinesoftware.co.uk
GSM network for merchant maritime vessels A
NEW network has been launched, claimed to be the first global GSM
network for merchant maritime vessels. Crew will now have the capability to send and receive voice calls and SMS messages, as well as browse the Internet and send e- mails, in the comfort and privacy of their own cabins. The Blue Ocean Wireless service, a
joint venture between the technology communications company Altobridge, and private investment firm Claret Capital, will be directed at more than one million seafarers serving as crew on over 40,000 merchant ships in service worldwide. Once the Blue Ocean Wireless platform
is installed onboard a vessel, the system works using a prepaid SIM card which can be inserted into any standard mobile phone. When a call is made, the platform connects to a satellite system provided
by Inmarsat, which then bounces back to Altobridge’s ground gateway, from there onto a GSM network, and finally to the call’s destination. This process involves just a 0.4 second delay, which is vital for a coherent conversation to be possible. Calls should be able to be made in deep
ocean water, in exactly the same way as in port or on land. The system also contains GPS, and switches itself off when approaching the mainland, so as not to conflict with land-based services. The connection is not permanent
– bandwidth is only used when required, as costs are usually charged per minute. With this system, the SIM cards are unique to the ship and not on the global roaming rate. Voice calls will be charged at US$1.25 per minute, and SMS messages at US$0.75 per message. It will be possible to use the system to
track shipping containers, with RFID technology. Shipowners, insurers, and government authorities can monitor the status of the containers at all times, including their temperature, humidity, and even whether the contents have been interfered with. Trials onboard deep sea ocean vessels
have indicated the service would be successful, with positive feedback from the shipowners and captains. Nearly 90% of crew spend was on SMS messages, with just 10% on voice calls. Making and receiving social calls in their own cabins was rated as highly important to the crew. Blue Ocean believes there are no
competitors in this particular sector, and is looking to corner the market. This technology is due to be rolled out on several vessels later in the year.
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