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Kongsberg Maritime won a con- tract to supply Westfal-Larsen Management AS, Norway, with its S- VDR solution, the Maritime Black Box-S (MBB-S). The delivery of the fully DNV Type Approved MBB-S, including the approved 'float free' PSU (Protected Storage Unit) and 'fixed' PSU options, is designed to provide a flexible solution. Westfal- Larsen Management AS, which was incorporated in 1996 as the result of a demerger from Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S, currently has eight general cargo/container carriers, three chemical tankers and one LPG carrier that it manages. "Following a success- ful lunch seminar in Bergen with 10 shipping compa- nies, earlier this autumn, Westfal-Larsen Management decided to order 12 S-VDRs for the whole fleet. Already this year we have delivered the first four S-VDRs to vessels in the Far East and the remaining vessels will be delivered in 2006," said Tom Remman, Kongsberg Maritime. It has been planned that the contract will be extended later this year with a Fleet Agreement for Kongsberg's MBB-S. Adding to the delivery will enable Westfal-Larsen Management to meet the requirement that all of its existing cargo vessels above 20,000 gt are installed with an S- VDR before dry- docking, after July 1, 2006 and at the latest, by July 1, 2009. Circle 4 on Reader Service Card January 2006 21 Netwave NW-4000 Series S-VDR Netwave incorporates state-of-the-art micro- processor and digital signal processor technology to create a SVDR that is simple to install with a single wire cabling connection; compact and freely configurable data acquisition 'backplane' units; and a WaveNet Adaptor Module allowing connection to virtually any shipboard data source, including radar, ECDIS, GPS, AIS and Gyro. Circle 5 on Reader Service Card China Type approval for Kelvin Hughes S-VDR Kelvin Hughes Manta Digital S-VDR has been given Type Approval from the China Classification Society. Manta Digital S-VDR was on display at the recent Marintec exhibition, along with its new float free data storage module. Circle 6 on Reader Service Card JCY-1700S S-VDR Japan Radio received MED Type Approval for a Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR), JRC's JCY-1700S. The JCY-1700S is a two-unit system using a distributed Ethernet solution allowing for efficient and cost effective installation with pre- configured VDR connections. The JCY-1700S allows ship owners to further enable training of their crew both onboard and on-shore and allowing staff to monitor critical ship parameters from their cabins using an optional PC and connection. Circle 7 on Reader Service Card McMurdo C1 S-VDR McMurdo launched the C1 S-VDR, a Float Free Data Capsule that is designed to duplicate and store critical voyage related information collected by the S-VDR. The built-in GPS EPIRB provides an aid to quickly locate and salvage the Data Capsule. In the event of a vessel sinking, the Float Free Data Capsule is automatically released from its housing by the integrated Hydrostatic Release Unit (HRU). The GPS EPIRB transmits location and homing signals for a minimum of seven days to enable the unit to be safely recovered so that stored facts can be retrieved. Circle 8 on Reader Service Card L-3 SVR The L-3 Simplified Voyage Recorder (SVR) is a fixed design, which offers unlimited time for retrieval. The company touts an enhanced design which it claims can lower the total cost for acquisi- tion, field servicing and installation. There are more than 3,000 operating units in the field. The L-3 SVR features a 2 gigabyte storage capacity, and is able to house more than 12 hours of radar, sensor and audio data recording time. It also offers an ethernet interface to the main VDR. Circle 9 on Reader Service Card Danelec Marine's DM300 S-VDR The new DM300 S-VDR is second generation VDR's from Danelec Marine. The company touts the DM300 S-VDR as among the most compact and lightweight S-VDR on the market. A key fea- ture is the External Radar Interface, which allows the Radar Interface to be installed either in the radar console or nearby. This will allow the dis- tance between the S-VDR main unit and the Radar Interface to be up to 100 meters, using only a stan- dard Ethernet cable. Circle 99 on Reader Service Card Circle 211 on Reader Service Card SVDR Report Kongsberg Secures S-VDR Contract MR JANUARY2006 #3 (17-24).qxd 1/4/2006 11:03 AM Page 21
