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Cruise Report While the Cruise & Ferry Exhibition in London earlier this year was not as busy as usual due to the general tepid conditions of the cruise and ferry markets, it was hopping with new products, systems and solutions to keep the current and future fleets running at optimum performance. The following two pages highlight some of these recent developments. STAINLESS STEEL & RUBBER BELLOWS ^ j WWW APPLICATIONS EPP Provides State-of- the-Art Tech Advice With more than 20 years of experience in marine engineering technical sales. Engineered Piping Products (EPP) sup- plies shipping companies, OEMs and engine manufactur- ers with quality products and tech- nologically-driven advice. The compa- ny provides a turn- key package that covers engineering, design and stress analysis as well as an extensive range of products that include metal and rub- ber bellows, expansion joints and hydraulic fittings alongside valve and pipe design and manufacture. Circle 43 on Reader Service Card Hamworthy Dolphin Pump Range Wins Accolades The Hamworthy KSE Dolphin range of marine centrifugal pumps have been granted wide acclaim for their reliabili- ty, accessibility and efficiency, and are supplied to every shipbuilding and major industrial country - worldwide. With more than 80 years of centrifugal Dotpftm C*?<«rifu9»< pump design and manufacturing experience, Dolphin pumps meet the increasing need for alternative forms of pump con- struction. The design provides considerable flexibility with maximum use of common parts, while maintaining the economics of manufacturing. Manufactured in Hamworty's factory in Poole, both the pumps' design and pro- duction systems are approved to ISO 9000 standards. Circle 44 on Reader Service Card Via Land or Sea - Norsk I nova Gets the Waste Out Norsk Inova is a company of Von Roll Inova - the waste treatment division of Von Roll Group. Headquartered in Switzerland, Von Waste treatment R°U Itl0Va> f°r aboart cnitse ships more than 60 years, - the Norek Inova J Green ship concept has been develop- ing thermal waster processing tech- nologies. Having built more than 300 environmentally friendly plants that process in excess of 100,000 Mg of waste each day, the company's reputa- tion is based mainly on its proven abili- ty to develop innovative waste process- ing technologies. In fact, many of the energy recovery and emission-reducing processes used today were pioneered by Von Roll Inova. Circle 45 on Reader Service Card Viking Life Saving Offers Complete Range Viking's range of liferafts, marine evacuation systems and offshore evacu- ation systems, are created via the com- pany's quality system, which is certified accord- ing to the interna- tional quality standard DS/EN ISO 9001; 1994 covering design, development, manufacture, sales and mainte- nance of maritime liferafts, slides, evacuation systems, MOB boats and personal protective safety equipment. Circle 46 on Reader Service Card R&D Nautics International Provides Inner Beauty R&D Nautics International, the specialized marine division of the Dutch Vervoort Group, are manu- facturers and sup- pliers of furniture, such as chairs and settees, table tops and table bases. R&D Nautics is also the exclusive distributor of Fire Resisting Mattresses, type Safety Project Foam and Safety Project Bonnell, which com- ply with the latest MED requirements. Circle 47 on Reader Service Card Stay Afloat with Hammar According to the Swedish-based com- pany, one of the most surprising things about the Hammar life-jacket inflator is that there is no risk of inflation - except when it is sub- merged in water. Equipped with a hydrostatic safety valve, the Hammar Inflator is fully dis- posable, needs vir- LEADING THE WAY IN ARTICULATED TUG-BARGE COUPLERS ATB Coupler systems and hull modules. Patented mechanical drive with engagement safeguards. Application engineering - new build or retrofit. ABS and USCG approved. Worldwide product support. INTERCON www.intercon.com INTERCONTINENTAL ENGINEERING • MANUFACTURING CORPORATION P.O. Box 9055 • Kansas City. Missouri 64168 Phone (816) 741-0700 Fax (816) 741-5232 Circle 231 on Reader Service Card 5GN50R5 SYSTEMS services Inc. 9 Point Solutions SallwyPoaL Radio Transmitter • 1 Wireless Products for all Shipboard Applications Applications Include: • Any 4-20mA Sensor • Pressure, Temperature • Flow, Position, Angle • Winches • Cranes • Mooring • Lightering • Quick Release Hooks • Inventory Management • 30 3PS, Inc. Hutto, Texas, USA Phone: 512-759-5137 Email: sales@3PSINC.com Circle 200 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter & Engineering News