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36 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? JULY 2013 NEWSPRODUCTSHeinen & Hopman Complete HVAC Project Heinen & Hopman in the Netherlands has completed the installation of a ma-jor HVAC system onboard the Dolwin Alpha offshore converter platform. Designed by IV-Oil and Gas, commis- sioned by Tennet/ABB and built by Heerema Fabrication group, the plat-form is now ready to be moved to the North Sea. This project involved the complete design and engineering of the HVAC systems, which Heinen & Hop- man completed on time and to satisfac-tion. Heinen & Hopman received the initial order from the Heerema Fabrica-tion group to become the HVAC sub- contractor for the Dolwin Alpha project in July 2011. The Dutch company was responsible for the complete design and engineering of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and chilled water sys-tems, as well as the supply of all pumps, appendages, control equipment and pip-ing on this giant offshore converter plat- form. Built to convert energy generated by the offshore wind turbines installed in the German North Sea into high volt-age direct current, the platform weighs some 9,300 tons. The platform has now been transported to the Mammoet yard in Schiedam. Heinen & Hopman is also responsible for the maintenance and failure handling of the platform for the Þ rst Þ ve years of operation. Challenger Marine Condensing UnitEngineered and manufactured by LeB-lanc & Associates, Inc. from the ground up, Challenger marine condensing units are designed to withstand the harshest conditions at sea while keeping work environments comfortable. Challenger units are built to prevent unit corrosion from salt water spray and sea air unlike conventional units. The ?Challenger Difference? includes complete 16 gauge 304 grade stainless steel construction, dipped coil coating to prevent Þ n and tube corrosion, watertight electrical en-closure, compact footprint for easy in-stallation and service, raised horizontal base and units can be custom built for any application including replacement of older units. www.leblancandassociates.com Flexlife Completes Field Trial for Chevron Flexlife, a provider of ß exible pipe tech- nologies and engineering services, used its new integrity monitoring technology at Chevron?s Captain Þ eld in the U.K. North Sea. FlexGuard is an early detec-tion system for possible riser integrity issues, designed to provide continuous real-time data on the condition of ß exi-ble risers. With more than 3,000 risers in use globally, with this number forecast to rise to 5,000 by 2015, and 35% fore-cast to suffer some form of outer sheath damage, the cost savings and environ-mental beneÞ ts are immense. Since its inception in 2007, Flexlife has developed a range of patented technol-ogy with the aim of reducing the risk of costly equipment failure. FlexGuard incorporates Flexlife?s patented non-in- vasive, award winning ultrasonic (UT) scanning technology in the form of a lightweight collar permanently Þ tted to ß exible risers. The new monitoring tool provides the operator with instant, continuous moni-toring of any subsea riser, the company said. This information can be acquired remotely from any location in the world ? ensuring a failsafe early warning sys-tem providing major cost and safety beneÞ ts. The system can be installed either dur- ing installation or by retroÞ t to risers al- ready in operation in the Þ eld.CMA CGM Marco Polo Fitted with Marinestar Fugro Seastar AS announced that CMA CGM Marco Polo has been Þ tted with Marinestar maneuvering system to assist in berthing and navigation. The satellite aided navigation technology is based on composite GPS and GLONASS con-stellations and measures precise speeds at the bow and the stern together with quay distances to assist the vessel safely to the berth. The Marinestar system provides speed and heading information to a higher lev-el of accuracy than conventional navi-gational aids such as doppler log and gyro compass. In addition to its naviga-tion and berthing functions, Marinestar Maneuvering System is able to measure vessel trim fore and aft trim dynami-cally whilst underway at sea. In addition to the 16,000 TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo and the two sister vessels CMA CGM Jules Verne and CMA CGM Alex- ander Von Humboldt, the system is be- ing installed on Þ ve other 13,800 TEU vessels in the CMA CGM ß eet.www.fugromarinestar.com AVEVA Enhances Pipe, Steel OutÞ tting FabricationPipe Fabrication, a new feature in AVEVA Marine. AVEVA strengthened its AVEVA Marine software portfolio with ef Þ ciency enhancements to better manage production information. New and improved features have been added to AVEVA Out Þ tting to better control pipe and steel outÞ tting fabrication. These features are designed to enable shipbuilders and offshore engineers to bene Þ t from tools to manage the entire production pro- cess from design to workshop, resulting in a more production efÞ cient design and increased accuracy of production information. Within AVEVA Out Þ tting, Pipe Fabrication enables a piping designer to create cost-optimized, produc-tion-ready pipe designs at the outset. Steel OutÞ tting enables steel parts to be directly generated in the same way as hull parts, reducing design time and further improving the quality of production. www.aveva.com/marine MR #7 (34-42).indd 36MR #7 (34-42).indd 367/1/2013 9:34:55 AM7/1/2013 9:34:55 AM
