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Radio Holland Supplies UniMACS Blue Line IBS The Dutch Transport & Water Management Inspectorate (IVW) con- firmed that the UniMACS BlueLine sys- tem of Imtech is permitted for use on board Dutch commercial vessels. The Blue Line configuration has the techni- cal requirements needed for Dutch flag vessels to be exempted by IVW from carrying a portfolio of paper charts. The certified ECDIS component of the Blue Line configuration is equipped with radar and AIS overlay and is approved to function as replacement of the paper chart. Radio Holland Netherlands in Delfzijl booked a large number of orders in the past months, all involving the sup- ply and installation of uniquely innova- tive Blue Line integrated bridges, amongst others to ship owners Wagenborg Shipping and JR Shipping. Since its introduction end of 2004, a total of 15 units have been sold. In 2004 the Blue Line won the Maritime Innovation Award, handed over by Dutch Minister Peijs. To date, orders for 15 Blue Line bridges have been received for installation from October 2005. The Blue Line bridge intended for shortsea, smaller and con- ventional craft, and offers the advan- tages of an integrated information pres- entation. The UniMACS Blue Line bridge consists of ECDIS, X and S-band Radars, a Conning display, an adaptive 'heading pilot' and optionally a track pilot, but is actually tailored to the needs of each customer by Radio Holland. Radio Holland recently equipped the Blue Line with Furuno radar scanners. Above 3.000 GT a VDR can be added to the Blue Line. Circle 8 on Reader Service Card China Adopts Malaysian-Style Ferries The city of Sibu in Borneo's Sarawak province of east Malaysia is noted for its distinctive slim river ferries. Said to have derived from dugout canoe designs a single Cummins KTA38 engine now often drive the powerful ferries. These ferries have found ready markets in the Philippines and can be seen on the Mekong in Cambodia as well as on Chinese rivers. In China, around the numerous islands off the coast of Ningbo to the southeast of Shanghai, similar ferries, showing their Malaysian influence, serve as fast efficient links among the islands and with the main- land. Based in the town of Ding Hai on Zhou Shan Island, the Tang Da High- Speed Passenger Vessel Company Ltd. operates eight of these vessels. The sis- ter-ships are each 90.7 x 14.1 ft. (30.4 x 4.3 m) and are each powered by a pair of 500 hp (339 kW) six-cylinder Cummins engines. These will push the boats at speeds around 20 knots with up to 70 passengers and six crewmembers. The ferries have been built by the Wuhan Nanhua Shipbuilding Company over the past several years. Circle 9 on Reader Service Card October 2005 35 3 H I P O W N E R S # H A R T E R E R S 3 H I P P E R S " A N K S 0 ) # L U B S ( U L L 5 N D E R W R I T E R S 4 R A D I N G # O M P A N I E S ' O V E R N M E N T S 4 ( % 0 / 7 % 2 / & 0 ! 2 4 . % 2 3 ( ) 0 , E G A L 3 E R V I C E S F O R ' L O B A L " U S I N E S S ( E A L Y " A I L L I E , , 0 " R O A D W A Y . E W 9 O R K . 9 4 & ( E A L Y " A I L L I E , , 0 4 H E , O C K " U I L D I N G - A R S H A L L 3 T R E E T 3 U I T E 3 O U T H . O R W A L K # 4 4 & ( E A L Y " A I L L I E 3 U I T E $ I N A ( O U S E 2 U T T O N J E E # E N T R E $ U D D E L L 3 T R E E T # E N T R A L ( O N G + O N G 4 & W W W H E A L Y C O M . % 7 9 / 2 + . % 7 * % 2 3 % 9 ( / . ' + / . ' # / . . % # 4 ) # 5 4 Circle 238 on Reader Service Card Marine Design MR OCTOBER 2005 #5 (33-40).qxd 9/29/2005 8:17 AM Page 35
