Vartsila Introduces
ihip Machinery
)ocu mentation System
Eldoc™, Wartsila Diesel's new
slectronic documentation integra-
;ion system for on-board machin-
sry, was the featured topic at a
-ecent joint meeting of the Society
)f Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers, New York Metropolitan
Section, and the Institute of Marine
Engineers. Karl F. Yannes, vice
president responsible for Marine
Engines for Wartsila Diesel North
America, presented elements of the
system and explained its features.
Eldoc™ is designed to provide
immediate, on-line access to com-
prehensive ship documentation
through an interactive, easy-to-use
computer interface. Maintenance
manuals, spare parts catalogs, plus
Wartsila's existing diesel engine and
ship monitoring systems are all in-
stantly accessible by the user. Eldoc
uses a Microsoft® Windows™ for-
mat and digital video to display
maintenance procedures. Accord-
ing to Mr. Yannes, the interactive
feature allows users to access infor-
mation from several different files
as needed, thus providing an easy,
efficient guide to maintenance and
repair problems. The video feature
adds a new dimension to trouble-
shooting, with users able to observe
the action - not simply still images.
"With Eldoc, users finally have a
system that operates the way people
actually think. They are truly
amazed at how simple the system is
to use," Mr. Yannes notes.
For more information on
Wartsila's Eldoc system,
Circle 14 on Reader Service Card.
Selantic Introduces
New Lifesaving
Evacuation System
Selantic Industrier A/S will be
presenting its new design of SES-3
Marine Evacuation System for
cruise ships, passenger ferries and
cargo vessels.
The Selantic Evacuation System
SES-3 ensures safe evacuation for
passengers of all ages. Based upon
trials and tests, this high capacity
MES allows 350 persons to evacu-
ate in a single chute, in accordance
with the SOLAS requirements. To
meet the new demands for high ca-
pacity MES for the new designs of
high speed vessels, Selantic has de-
veloped a new SES-3 Twin Chute
which evacuates 400 persons in well
under 20 minutes, it was reported.
The Selantic Evacuation System
is a self-contained, totally integrated
unit occupying very little deck space.
The user friendly operation with
controlled launching offers the op-
tion of lowering the system as a one
batch unit, including the number of
liferafts fulfilling the capacity of the
MES system.
Selantic Evacuation Systems are
easily installed inboard or outboard
on all types of vessels with no limi-
tation to freeboard height.
Based on several years of experi-
ence on offshore installations in the
North Sea, Selantic Evacuation Sys-
tem SES-3 is a safe evacuation solu-
tion for passenger ferries and cruise
ships, and contributes to increasing
the safety on board for each and
every passenger and crew member.
For more information on Selantic,
Circle 8 on Reader Service Card
Weeks Marine, Jamestown
Marine Announce
Consolidation
Weeks Marine, Inc. and
Jamestown Marine Services an-
nounced a consolidation of assets
and experience to meet salvage and
firefighting response requirements
of OPA 90.
Weeks Marine and Jamestown
Marine have participated in the sal-
vage response operations of the
Exxon Valdez, the World Prodigy,
the American Trader and the Bahia
Paraiso. Most recently they have
worked together in response to the
Chiarra, grounded in Buzzard's Bay
in December 1992.
Weeks Marine, Inc. of Cranford,
N.J., presently owns and operates
the largest salvage fleet on the east-
ern seaboard.
Its salvage fleet consists of more
than 20 vessels, 120 barges, more
than 40 floating cranes and Derrick
rigs with heavy lift capacities up to
700 tons, and all necessary auxil-
iary equipment.
Jamestown Marine Services of
Jamestown, R.I., is a marine ser-
vices company of unique ability, es-
pecially in salvage engineering, na-
val architecture and salvage opera-
tions.
Jamestown Marine assisted with
the development of the U.S. Navy
Program of Ship Salvage Engineer-
ing, marketed commercially as
HECSALV.
For firefightingg response,
Weeks/Jamestown is standing up a
salvage action response team
(SART), highly portable (by helicop-
ter or over the road to the nearest
port), self contained with pumps,
foam, and prepackaged life support
and firefighting equipment.
The combination of equipment
and experience places Weeks/
Jamestown in the forefront of sal-
vage and firefighting response.
For more information on Weeks
Marine
Circle 6 on Reader Service Card
For more information on
Jamestown Marine
Circle 7 on Reader Service Card
Kvaerner Enters In
Cooperation Agreement
With Russian Shipyard
Kvaerner A/S, the Norwegian
shipping, offshore and mechanical
engineering firm, has concluded a
cooperation agreement with the
Russian Sever shipyard at
Severodvinsk.
The agreement covers develop-
ment of expertise at the Russian
yard and fabrication of offshore
structures, fish processing equip-
ment and fishing vessels. Produc-
tion pursued under the agreement
will be divided between Norway and
Russia, which Kvaerner says will
help the Russian yard in its conver-
sion from naval to civilian produc-
tion. Kvaerner has been in discus-
sions for some time with the naval
shipyards in Severodvinsk to de-
velop petroleum fields on the Rus-
sian continental shelf.
Kvaerner A/S is a shipping, off-
shore and mechanical engineering
firm in Norway.
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