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Europort 2003 Preview including encryption, shadow or silent mode as well as traffic maneuvers images. Dedicated shore-based systems for RIS (River Information System) and VTS (Vessel Traffic Service) applica- tions will also be made available for naval operations. For more information from Nauticast Circle 15 on Reader Service Card Wartsila Gensets for Sovcomflot Tankers Wartsila won a contract by Admiralty Shipyards in St Petersburg to supply 12 generating sets based on Wartsila 20 diesel engines for tanker newbuildings for the Russian shipowner OAO Sovcomflot Circle 42 on Reader Service Card STN Atlas STN Atlas Marine Electronics will feature three new products along with its established product range at this year's Europort exhibition. Key exhibits will include a proprietary Ship Control Center (SCC) integrating and automat- ing all main bridge equipment operating functions and including a NACOS Ferrostaal - Service Provider with a Worldwide Presence Distribution on a Worldwide Scale - International Scope Procurement Offset - Project Management - Financial Services - Controlling Ferrostaal is a member of the MAN Group, one of the leading manufacturers of capital goods in Europe. As a service provider with world-wide activities, Ferrostaal has an efficient international organisation with an extensive scope of industrial services. Examples of products: - Cargo vessels for bulk or general cargo or containers - Tankers, especially double hull Chemical Tankers - Tugboats - Floating Docks - Floating Cranes Turnipq Ideas . MAN irltoReality FERROSTAAL Ferrostaal AG • Hohenzollemstrasse 24 • 45128 Essen/Germany Phone +49.201.818-01 • Fax: +49.201.8 18-28 22 info@ferrostaal.corn • www.ferrostaal.com A member of the MAN Group Circle 329 on Reader Service Card 52 Series 4 navigation command system. Display functions will also include latest results of the current EU-funded EPD1S (Electronic Pilot Display Information System) project headed by STN Atlas and five partners. Communications exhibits will include the Debeg 3270 Inmarsat F satcom terminal, as well as Debeg 3200, a new Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) for ships of more than 500 gt built on or after July 1, 2004. Circle 17 on Reader Service Card VT TSS The latest developments in gyro-com- pass technology will be a major feature on the VT TSS stand at Europort (Stand No 02.2003) with its range of SG Brown and TSS products. The Meridian range of gyros will be shown alongside new gyro-repeaters that will be seen for the first time at the Amsterdam show. The Meridian was launched in 2001 to meet the need for a fully certified gyro for use on conventional shipping and high-speed craft. Circle 16 on Reader Service Card Improved Hatch Cover Handling on Bulkers MacGregor's new Roll-up-Roll mech- anism for side-rolling hatch covers com- bines higher operating efficiency and safety with lower maintenance: just 18 hydraulic cylinders are needed for a shipset of Cape-size bulker covers, com- pared with 72 cylinders used in tradi- tional wheel-lifting systems Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) yard's debut newbuilding — 175,000 dwt bulk carrier CSK Fortune for Tai Chong Cheang Steamship (TCC) — features MacGregor side-rolling hatch covers with a new Roll-up-Roll mechanism. Higher operating efficiency and safety with lower maintenance are delivered, both panel lifting and cleating per- formed simultaneously and fully auto- matically, simplifying and speeding deployment of the covers. The Cape- size bulker design was developed by TCC in association with Peter Cheng Naval Architects & Marine Consultants of Hong Kong, the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute and the shipyard. Each hold is equipped with a MacGregor side-rolling hatch cover comprising twin panels stowing to each side and offering clear openings 15.5m long x 16.5m wide and 15.5m x 20m. Circle 43 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter & Engineering News