Maritime Reporter, December 1993

<BODY> <div> Permea Maritime Protection Wins Order For World's Largest Membrane Nitrogen System A Norwegian manufacturer of membrane nitrogen systems, com- bustion inert gas systems and hy- drogen recovery systems, Permea Maritime Protection, a division of Air Products A/S, has received a contract to supply what is report- edly the world's largest nitrogen generation system using mem- branes. The system is designed to generate 1,800 Sm3/h of nitrogen with a maximum oxygen content of 0.8 percent and will be installed in the Troll Onshore Gas Treatment and Recompression Plant, located at Kollsnes in Oygarden, 50 km northwest of Bergen, Norway. The contract was awarded by A/S Norske Shell, development operator for Troll Project, phase I. "This contract is very promising for the forthcoming use of mem- branes in large nitrogen systems," says Arne Tag, offshore sales man- ager of Permea Maritime Protec- tion. "After thorough evaluation the client finds today's membranes to be technically sound." The Troll membrane system will be manufactured to the Troll Project standards in Kristiansand, Norway, and is scheduled for delivery in Sep- tember next year. Permea Maritime Protection has built more than 30 nitrogen systems to offshore standards and some 130 for shipboard use. The company's latest offshore delivery was the ni- trogen system for the Troll Olje plat- form. For more information on Permea Maritime Protection, Circle 17 on Reader Service Card Cellular Phone Manufacturer Works With Inmarsat To Produce Global Hand-Held Communicator A model of a future Inmarsat-P hand-held satellite phone - smaller than any of today's cellular phones, but usable anywhere on Earth - was presented to Inmarsat director gen- eral Olof Lundberg by Kurt Hellstrom, president of Ericsson Radio Systems. Ericsson developed the model for Inmarsat, which is planning to in- troduce the Inmarsat-P global, digi- tal hand-held phone service using an advanced satellite system in the 1998-2000 time frame. Inmarsat is the London-based international mobile communications satellite operator. The model Inmarsat-P was pre- sented by Ericsson at the CNIT in La Defense, Paris, on the closing day of the Second Inmarsat Inter- national Conference and Exhibition on Mobile Satellite Communications. For more information on Inmarsat, Circle 276 on Reader Service Card December, 1993 Norwegian Telecom Offers Inmarsat M - Lower-Cost Telephone For Smaller Ves- sels This month, Norwegian Telecom will launch a new worldwide satel- lite-based telephone service, Inmarsat M, which the company claims will cost less than Inmarsat A. Inmarsat M can transfer data and fax as well as voice, but is particu- larly useful for telephone service. Although suited for all maritime communication, Inmarsat M could become the preferred choice for smaller craft, including the fishing fleet, currently not using satellite communication because of the costs. Inmarsat M covers most of the globe, including the Indian Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean is served by Brit- ish Telecom, and by the interaction of Singapore Telecom, full coverage of the Pacific Ocean will be reached by mid-1994. For more information on Inmarsat M from Norwegian Telecom, Circle 11 on Reader Service Card linking ports, coasts and continents Under such circumstances the reliability of the propulsion plant takes on particular importance. MAN B&W four-stroke Diesel engines have been proving their reliability either as straightforward Diesel propulsion or Diesel-elec- tric propulsion plant. With its comprehensive engine programme and the lowest heavy fuel consumption rate ever reached, MAN B&W is able to supply the ideal propulsion concept for every ship. Passenger ships, ferries and cargo ships are connected with ports, coasts and continents by timetables that are accurate down to the last minute. Worldwide Service MAN B&W Diesel, Stadtbachstr. 1, D-86153 Augsburg, Telephone (-821) 32 20 MAN B&W Diesel, Inc., 17 State Street, New York, NY 10004, Telephone (212) 269-0980 Circle 285 on Reader Service Card 47 </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>