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76 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News KVH Doubles Speeds for Tracphone F77 KVH Industries, Inc., has reportedly doubled the high-speed data rates for the Tracphone F77, an Inmarsat Fleet-com- patible marine satellite communications system. Tracphone F77 customers can now receive high-speed 128 Kbps Internet and data service. Circle 17 on Reader Service Card QCI Marine Wins Contract QCI Marine Offshore LLC, has been awarded by Signal International the accommodations and inside electrical work on Etesco's Millennium vessel. The project, to be built at Signal's Pascagoula yard, includes the build out of five levels of accommodations. The Etesco Millennium, under contract to Petrobras, will house 272 persons, com- plete with dual cinemas and swimming pool and will provide offshore platform construction and repair facilities. After completion of the work in early 2006, the vessel will travel to Brazil for use in the Campos Basin. Circle 18 on Reader Service Card Barry Joins Davis Consulting Christopher Barry, a mechanical engineer and naval architect with expe- rience in ship design, stability and struc- tural analysis and offshore civil engi- neering has joined Davis Consulting Group (DCG) marine engineers, a divi- sion of Davis & Company, Ltd., as a consultant. His addition brings to seven professionals on the company's nation- wide team of marine surveyors and naval architects that specialize in the areas of engineering and design and accident reconstruction, fire and explo- sion cause and origin, forensic engineer- ing and commercial vessel surveying. StratosMAS: Broadband Wireless Advance for GOM Stratos Global Corp. launched StratosMAX, a new broadband wireless access (BWA) network that is touted as maximizing the performance, flexibility and scalability of remote voice and data communications in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the company, four offshore energy companies operating in the GOM have signed up for StratosMAX, which uses the latest developments in WiMAX broadband wireless technology with Stratos' network backbone infra- structure. StratosMAX is designed to provide offshore drilling and production compa- nies with a secure and reliable platform for delivering up to 2 Mbps of capacity to support a full range of IP-based data applications, as well as multiple voice lines for telephone connectivity. Circle 19 on Reader Service Card X-Craft Crew Completes Training The crew of the Navy's experimental X-Craft, dubbed Sea Fighter, completed the initial phase of training in High Speed Craft Operations at Marine Safety International's Norfolk Center in March. This initial phase included high speed Radar (ARPA), Electronic Navigation (ECDIS), Bridge Resource Management (BRM) and Safety and Operations train- ing, and was conducted in association with Kingston Marine Consultants. Follow-on phases will include four weeks of training on board the X-Craft, both in port and underway, leading to a High Speed Craft Type Rating certifica- tion for the vessel and the crew. Circle 53 on Reader Service Card CAN'T GET THE PARTS? LONG LEAD TIME? NEPV, INC. CAN MANUFACTURE YOUR PARTS QUICKLY AND AT COMPETITIVE PRICES. DOES THE SAME EQUIPMENT KEEP FAILING? WE CAN RE-DESIGN YOUR PROBLEM EQUIPMENT TO GIVE YOU TROUBLE FREE OPERATION SALES AND SERVICE CENTER FOR TORISHIMA PUMPS. Duplex stainless steel pumps for RO Service. ROBCO MECHANICAL SEALS MADE TO FIT YOUR EQUIPMENT. LARGE MACHINING CAPABILITIES: TURNING, MILLING, GEAR CUTTING, SPLINE CUTTING,WELD REPAIR, METALIZING, HARDFACING. EPOXY AND CERAMIC COATINGS. Company owned and operated by an experienced marine engineer. PUMP AND VALVE REPAIR - ALL TYPES New England Pump & Valve Co., Inc. 36 Industrial Park Road Niantic, CT 06357 Phone 860-739-2200 • FAX 860-739-2270 E-mail oddbrevik@nepv.com www.nepv.com Circle 215 on Reader Service Card Circle 282 on Reader Service Card Circle 255 on Reader Service CardCircle 220 on Reader Service Card Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association ENGINEERING SCHOOL Providing State-of-the-Art Training to M.E.B.A. Professionals at Sea and Ashore Since 1966 27050 St. Michaels Road Easton, MD 21601 www.mebaschool.org MR JUNE 2005 #10 (73-80).qxd 6/3/2005 9:54 AM Page 4
